Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021

2022/02/14 by Park Williams, A. Park Williams, Benjamin I. Cook +1 · 19 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Climate variability and models #Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics #Tree-ring climate responses

paper · doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01290-z

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