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Title: "Future Earth"
Source: MSNBC
Aired: 12/21/09
Keywords: vic etyemezian, dri, desert, research, institute, dust, storm, global, drought, msnbc, future,earth, las vegas
Affiliation: DAS
Contact(s): Vicken Etyemezian

A world without water? Dr. Vic Etyemezian an Environmental Engineer at DRI talks with MSNBC's Future Earth about the likelihood that Las Vegas would be hit with a major dust storm due to global drought. The piece also includes SNWA head Pat Mulroy discussing the future of the earth and the possibility of losing our most valuable resource, water.

 
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