Early twenty-first-century droughts during the warmest climate

The first 13 years of the twenty-first century have begun with a series of widespread, long and intensive droughts around the world. Extreme and severe-to-extreme intensity droughts covered 2%–6% and 7%–16% of the world land, respectively, affecting environment, economies and humans. These droughts...

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Main Authors: Felix Kogan, Wei Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Series:Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2013.878399