'Flash drought' frequency increasing due to climate change: study

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Dry spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet.

Sheep graze on a failed wheat field in northern Tunisia's Medjez el-Bab, where a severe drought has taken grip.BEIJING - Dry spells known as flash droughts, with a surprisingly rapid onset and often devastating impact, are becoming more frequent as human activity warms the planet, according to a study.

For the study, published in the journal Science, researchers analyzed a combination of satellite data and ground moisture readings from a period of over 60 years . The researcher, based out of China's Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology , warned that the rapid onset of flash droughts gives humans little time to adapt, such as by diverting water resources or preparing for wildfires.Yuan's team used climate modelling to forecast how flash droughts will change under several possible greenhouse gas emission scenarios.

A commentary piece by two professors in the Netherlands, also published in Science, said the study's warning"should be taken seriously" as the threat"may be even greater than they suggest."

 

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