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DOI | 10.1038/s41558-022-01290-z |
Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020-2021 | |
Williams, A. Park; Cook, Benjamin, I; Smerdon, Jason E. | |
发表日期 | 2022 |
ISSN | 1758-678X |
EISSN | 1758-6798 |
起始页码 | 232 |
结束页码 | + |
卷号 | 12期号:3页码:14 |
英文摘要 | Southwestern North America has been experiencing lower than average precipitation and higher temperatures since 2000. This emerging megadrought, spanning 2000-2021, has been the driest 22-year period since the year 800 and 19% of the drought severity in 2021 can be attributed to climate change. A previous reconstruction back to 800 ce indicated that the 2000-2018 soil moisture deficit in southwestern North America was exceeded during one megadrought in the late-1500s. Here, we show that after exceptional drought severity in 2021, similar to 19% of which is attributable to anthropogenic climate trends, 2000-2021 was the driest 22-yr period since at least 800. This drought will very likely persist through 2022, matching the duration of the late-1500s megadrought. |
学科领域 | Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000754950600001 |
来源期刊 | NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/274243 |
作者单位 | University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Columbia University; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Williams, A. Park,Cook, Benjamin, I,Smerdon, Jason E.. Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020-2021[J],2022,12(3):14. |
APA | Williams, A. Park,Cook, Benjamin, I,&Smerdon, Jason E..(2022).Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020-2021.NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE,12(3),14. |
MLA | Williams, A. Park,et al."Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020-2021".NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE 12.3(2022):14. |
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