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Udall

[ yoo-dawl yood-l ]

noun

  1. Also called Uvedale. Nicholas, 1505–56, English translator and playwright, especially of comedy.
  2. Stewart Lee, 1920–2010, U.S. politician: Secretary of the Interior 1961–69.


Udall

/ ˈjuːdəl; ˈjuːvˌdeɪl; ˈjuːdəl /

noun

  1. UdallNicholas?15051556MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatist Nicholas. ?1505–56, English dramatist, whose comedy Ralph Roister Doister (?1553), modelled on Terence and Plautus, is the earliest known English comedy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Brad Udall, a climate scientist at Colorado State University, said that “at best, Trump’s win means a four-year hiatus on US domestic and international leadership on greenhouse gas reduction efforts. ... Unfortunately, the impacts are likely to last much longer than just four years given the way long-term investments and planning work in the energy sector.”

The latest study is thorough and adds to previous research documenting how human-caused warming is driving what scientists describe as hot drought and aridification in the West, said Brad Udall, a climate scientist at Colorado State University.

“They found, just like all these other studies, that higher temperatures have been, and are going to be, a cause of more severe droughts as it warms in the 21st century,” Udall said.

Udall said Trump’s win will likely mean rolling back the Biden administration’s historic climate initiatives and imposing a four-year hiatus on U.S. efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions domestically and abroad.

“Unfortunately, the impacts are likely to last much longer than just four years,” Udall said.

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