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1930s Dust Bowl and Climate Change

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1930s Dust Bowl and Climate Change

Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas

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Climate change has spread worries about how people will react if there are sudden and harsh changes in climate.   

Robert McLeman is a professor of Geography at the University of Ottawa who decided to examine history for some answers. He turned to a North American event that combined a long period of draught with a long economic slump.  

Robert Mc Leman told Jerome what he expected to learn from the Dust Bowl era.

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