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Tools for Improved Drought and Flood Response

by H. Wu, D.P. Lettenmaier, Q. Tang and P.J. Ward 29 September 20213 June 2022

A new book presents recent advances in the modeling and remote sensing of droughts and floods of use to emergency response organizations and policy makers on a global scale.

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Collaboration in the Rockies Aims to Model Mountain Watersheds Worldwide

by Saima May Sidik 21 September 202129 March 2023

As Earth’s climate changes at an unprecedented rate, the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory is studying precipitation on an unprecedented scale.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

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.

Aerial view of Lake Oroville near Enterprise Bridge in California on 23 October 2015 showing low water levels
Posted inFeatures

Better Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasts for Water Management

by M. J. DeFlorio, F. M. Ralph, D. E. Waliser, J. Jones and M. L. Anderson 23 June 20219 March 2023

Emerging methods that improve precipitation forecasting over weeks to months could support more informed resource management and increase lead times for responding to droughts and floods.

A photograph of downtown Los Angeles.
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How Anthropogenic Drought Plays Out

by A. AghaKouchak 26 May 202118 February 2022

Drought should be considered and modeled as a process, including human–nature interactions, and not merely a product of water deficit.

从一个位于山间的水库上方的山坡上俯瞰。
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更好地理解干旱

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 25 May 202118 February 2022

新的模型应该将干旱视为一个过程,而不仅仅是一个结果,并且应该考虑到在现实世界中出现的各种各样的原因、影响和反馈。

Excavated causeway built in the Birds of Paradise wetlands
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Ancient Maya Made Widespread Changes to Wetland Landscape

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 5 May 20212 March 2023

A system of canals 2 millennia old sustained a local population after the collapse of its neighbors, and it continues to affect local ecology today.

View from upslope of a water reservoir situated among mountains
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Better Way to Understand Drought

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 27 April 202118 February 2022

New models should consider drought a process, not merely a product, and should factor in the huge variety of causes, effects, and feedbacks that play out in the real world.

Map showing moisture contribution anomalies during the 2005 drought quantified as the deviation from long-term average.
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Upwind Forest Buffers Rondonia Cropland Against Regional Drought

by Guiling Wang 27 April 20216 December 2021

During severe Amazonia droughts when oceanic supply of moisture failed, the magnitude of rainfall reduction over Rondonia was moderated by enhanced moisture supply from upwind forests.

Tree rings visible in a slice of oak
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Oak Trees Offer a Continuous Climate Record for Central Europe

by Stacy Kish 2 April 20212 September 2022

A method using nonpooled, continuous stable carbon and oxygen isotopes recorded in oak trees benefits climate reconstructions.

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