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Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal

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EurekAlert

Publication Date
2017-08-10

The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought's severity. During the 20th century, the total area of land affected by drought increased, and longer recovery times became more common, according to new research published by Nature by a group of scientists including Carnegie's Anna Michalak and Yuanyuan Fang.

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https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/cifs-idr080817.php