Climate change didn’t directly cause the drought in Uruguay and neighboring Argentina, as we reported last year. But global warming was a factor in extreme heat that made the drought worse, scientists said, by increasing the loss of moisture from soil and plants. Deforestation in the Amazon may have also played a rol

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/climate/uruguay-wasnt-supposed-to-run-out-of-water.html

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