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Need for Rational Thinking for Predicting Floods and Droughts

by T. Illangasekare 10 August 202119 November 2021

To plan policies that manage flood and drought risk, is it sufficient to follow the science? The better path uses the best science, which draws insight from integrated multidisciplinary research.

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Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Susan Trumbore, A. Barros, Eric Davidson, Bethany Ehlmann, J. Famiglietti, N. Gruber, Mary Hudson, T. Illangasekare, Sarah Kang, T. Parsons, P. Rizzoli, V. Salters, B. Stevens, D. Wuebbles, Peter Zeitler and T. Zhu 7 August 20193 April 2023

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