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May 2017
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Episode # 13 - Keeping up with droughts

NATURE MIDDLE EAST
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In Jordan, engineers are mapping droughts for better management and to predict future episodes in a country that is famously water scarce. Listen to know more about the new technology they're using to make it happen.

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