Uncertainties, Limits, and Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation for Soil Moisture Drought in Southwestern North America

Abstract Over the last two decades, southwestern North America (SWNA) has been in the grip of one of the most severe droughts of the last 1,200 years, with one third to nearly one half of its severity attributable to climate change. We analyze how the risk of extreme soil moisture droughts in SWNA,...

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Main Authors: B. I. Cook, J. S. Mankin, A. P. Williams, K. D. Marvel, J. E. Smerdon, H. Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:Earth's Future
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002014