Is the American desert shifting east?

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The 100th meridian is the longitudinal line running from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and into the Dakotas.

Climate experts designate this invisible line as the boundary line between the arid west and the more humid east.

A new study suggests climate change is expanding the desert eastward.

Richard Seeger, a professor at Columbia University, explains. Here's what else is on the show:

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