‘Flash’ droughts are quick-drying farm fields globally

Important crop-growing regions, such as Brazil, are susceptible to droughts that strike with alarming speed.

Scientists have identified global hotspots for ‘flash droughts’, which develop with unusual swiftness and quickly parch the land¹.

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Nature 599, 183 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03009-0

Christian, J. I. et al. Nature Commun. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26692-z (2021).
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