Decadal-scale droughts disrupted the African Humid Period in the Sahara
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Precipitation observing network gaps limit climate change impact assessment
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Global water security threatened by rising inequality
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High resolution US water table depth estimates reveal quantity of accessible groundwater
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Human contributions to evapotranspiration mitigate swings in dry-to-wet year transitions
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House of the Seven Gables’ historic properties planned to relocate to address rising sea levels | News
SALEM — The House of the Seven Gables is earmarking money to move five of its historic structures…
Local damages drive network-wide costs in compound flood-prone coastal city
Study area We investigate the isolated and compound impacts of multiple flood drivers on the road infrastructure systems…
Anthropogenic enhancement of subsurface soil moisture droughts
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Irrigation-induced land water depletion aggravated by climate change
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Predicting water scarcity in northern Bangladesh using deep learning and climate data
Baseline Maps Figures 1 and 2a illustrate the area percentage of drought susceptibility classes across three agricultural periods:…
Synchronization of global peak river discharge since the 1980s
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Neglecting land–atmosphere feedbacks overestimates climate-driven increases in evapotranspiration
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