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Are We Drying Up?

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IN NATURE, vol. xiv. p. 527, there is an article condensed from one by Prof. Whitney, with the alarming title “Are We Drying Up?” with a number of facts to prove that we are—that in the temperate zone at least, the supply of water in the rivers and lakes is failing at a more rapid rate than the destruction of forests will account for.

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MURPHY, J. Are We Drying Up?. Nature 15, 6–7 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/015006a0

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