Impacts Photo by Keagan Henman on Unsplash Jeff Basara and Jordan Christian: Farmers face soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food-growing region Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region’s agriculture. They’re also becoming increasingly common as the planet warms.
www.wbur.org 'Flash droughts' and weather 'whiplash.' Welcome to New England’s climate future Historically, New England got a short drought about every ten years. Climate change is making them more frequent.
Impacts www.kunc.org More studies, faster forecasting needed to fight flash drought, says paper Researchers are arguing for new models to better plan for a recent climate phenomenon: flash droughts.
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