<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jess K. Zimmerman<br>Professor</div><div>Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program<br>Department Environmental Sciences<br>University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras<br>Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico<br><br><span>Direct Office Line: 787-350-0350</span><br>Or: 787-764-0000 ext. 1-XXXX-# where XXXX is:<br>   LTER Program Office: 2867<br>   El Verde Field Station: 4381<br></div><div></div><div>Mobile: 787-380-3311</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Laurance, Bill</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.laurance@jcu.edu.au">bill.laurance@jcu.edu.au</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 6:07 PM<br>Subject: Mega-droughts<br>To: "Laurance, Bill" <<a href="mailto:bill.laurance@jcu.edu.au">bill.laurance@jcu.edu.au</a>><br><br><br>



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<div>Dear colleagues,</div>
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<div>This piece on mega-droughts and a large-scale drought experiment is likely to be of interest:</div>
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<div><a href="https://theconversation.com/godzilla-el-nino-time-to-prepare-for-mega-droughts-46673" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/godzilla-el-nino-time-to-prepare-for-mega-droughts-46673</a></div>
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<div>Could you please forward to anyone who’d likely be interested?</div>
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<div>Apologies for any cross-postings.</div>
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<div>Thanks much,</div>
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<div>Bill</div>
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<font size="3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(37,152,0)">Lab website: <a href="http://laurancelab.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,246)">http://laurancelab.org/</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(37,152,0)">Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F_Laurance" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,246)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F_Laurance</span></a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(242,0,0)"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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