Alan Robock

Rutgers University

Contact: Website

Alan Robock is a climatologist and professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University.

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The west and southwest U.S. are about to face "unprecedented drought conditions," according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.

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