<story><title>How the West Was Lost: In America’s First Climate War</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/how-the-west-was-lost/569365/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hyperion2010</author><text>To predict the future all you need is a rain gauge and a little imagination. Unfortunately the people who stand to gain the most by denying reality ... gain the most.&lt;p&gt;In addition, the map of western watersheds is amazing. I would love to see the other one the article mentions.&lt;p&gt;edit: couldn&amp;#x27;t find that, but did find Powell&amp;#x27;s 1878 report &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pubs.usgs.gov&amp;#x2F;unnumbered&amp;#x2F;70039240&amp;#x2F;report.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pubs.usgs.gov&amp;#x2F;unnumbered&amp;#x2F;70039240&amp;#x2F;report.pdf&lt;/a&gt;.</text></comment>
<story><title>How the West Was Lost: In America’s First Climate War</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/how-the-west-was-lost/569365/?single_page=true</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>archgoon</author><text>Huh. I learned about the Great Dust Bowl in American High School mostly through it&amp;#x27;s economic and sociological impact, books like &amp;quot;Grapes of Wrath&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;The science behind it, and that it was predicted by John Wesley Powell isn&amp;#x27;t discussed. It&amp;#x27;s just a thing that happened. Maybe other schools, or more recent education, discuss it more in depth.</text></comment>