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document.write('<div class="fact"><a href="http://www.earthgauge.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.earthgauge.net/facts/eg.gif" alt="Earth Gauge" border="0" /></a><h3>Climate Fact</h3><p align="center"><strong>');
document.write('Since the 1970’s, the Chihuahuan Desert, which stretches across parts of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, has been receiving more wintertime rainfall, especially during El Niño years. This has resulted in the desert’s grasses being replaced by shrubs, and the local extinctions of the Burrowing Owl and Horned Lizard.');
document.write('</strong></p><p align="center" class="m0 small"><a href="http://www.neefusa.org" target="_blank">A National Environmental Education Foundation Program</a></p></div>');