Florida Drought Reveals Indian Artifacts
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The drought in southern Florida has led to a major archaeological find on the bottom of Lake Okeechobee -- pieces of pottery, conch jewelry and human bone.
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With drought conditions intensifying across the Southeast, efforts to conserve water are popping up everywhere Â even at the aquarium.
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Scientists unlock the rainfall history stored in tree rings and find evidence of long dry periods in the past that dwarf the current drought in the western United States. The research hints at another monster drought to come. By Stephen Leahy.
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By Curtis Morgan, Ani Martinez and Logan Jaffe, The Miami Herald  Mar. 14--For the first time since 2001, South Florida homeowners and businesses will soon be under orders to use less water.
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TUCSON - A new study shows a possible connection between a past climate warming and drought in what is now the US West. The width of tree rings over the past 1,200 years show that western &quot;megadroughts&quot; between
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A sudden influx of freshwater from North America's ancient Lake Agassiz to the North Atlantic 8,200 years ago triggered a precipitous cooling of the region, scientists believe. Now they are trying to predict if and when a similar scenario might happen again.
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SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. - This crescent of sand bathed by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico is one of Florida&#39;s mythic destinations, a magnet for bird-watchers, seashell gatherers and the simply sun-starved.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 18--Lingering drought conditions could lead to more water restrictions for western growers already worried about losing crops.
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By JOHN FLECK Journal Staff Writer  Pink Panther Cave seems an odd place to study the vagaries of New Mexico drought. Deep beneath the Guadalupe Mountains in southern New Mexico, the temperature sits reliably in the low 50s, day in, day out, winter, summer.
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By Rhonda J. Miller, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 11--More than 3,500 people came out to stroll amid cypress and live oak trees and get a look at spindly-legged birds and leathery alligators at Everglades Day on Saturday.
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The United States returned ancient pottery, gold jewelry, burial shrouds and hundreds of other stolen pre-Columbian artifacts to Peru on Wednesday after they were seized in a Florida smuggling investigation.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  May 30--Florida's deepening drought brought Lake Okeechobee back to its record low Wednesday morning and new records will be set later in the day and at least the next few days, officials said.   The lake's level stands at 8.97 feet -- and falling.
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By Audra D.S. Burch And Kathleen Mcgrory, The Miami Herald  Jun. 28--The epic drought gripping Lake Okeechobee has opened a mud-spattered window into Florida's prehistoric past.
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By Andrew Gant, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 11--Abandoned boats left over from storms on the Emerald Coast are finally starting to move again -- into the junkyards.   Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Lt.
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Archeologists say a prehistoric skeleton and campsite discovered on the muddy shore of Lake Travis could be between 700 and 2,000 years old.
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By David Magliano, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Jun. 16--A small brush fire on Indian Woman Road a few blocks north of Chat Holly Road was quickly extinguished by fi refi ghters late Tuesday afternoon.  The South Walton Fire District responded to the call at approximately 3:30 p.m.
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Water supplies on some Indian Ocean islands may have been ruined for years or decades by salt water from the tsunami.