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Anthropogenic Intensification of Southern African Flash Droughts as Exemplified by the 2015/16 Season

Summary/Abstract

Flash drought over southern Africa was tripled during the last 60 years mainly due to anthropogenic climate change, and it was intensified during 2015/16 in the midst of heat waves.

Xing Yuan et al., Anthropogenic Intensification of Southern African Flash Droughts as Exemplified by the 2015/16 Season, in BAMS 2016

Link to Full Article
January 2018
Xing Yuan, Linying Wang, Eric F. Wood
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Peer-reviewed Study
Africa, Southern Africa
Extreme Event Attribution
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Extreme Event Attribution → Extreme Heat
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