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Drought: Desert-dwelling animals face an increasingly harsh environment

By Take Two Staff
Published Apr 7, 2014
A desert tortoise photographed in the Mojave desert.
A desert tortoise photographed in the Mojave Desert.
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Drought: Desert-dwelling animals face an increasingly harsh environment

With warm winters and less water, many across California are feeling the effects of climate change and a lingering drought. One group in particular may not be as obvious as farmers, ranchers or reservoirs, most likely because they already live in the dry desert.

Dr. Jeff Lovich of the U.S. Geological Survey joins us to describe the conditions many animals in the Mojave Desert face in our current drought.