Megadroughts Have Grown in Size and Scope - WhoWhatWhy A new study maps and ranks the largest, longest-lasting, and most severe multiyear droughts from 1980 to 2018.

According to a new study, researchers reported the total land area affected by multiyear droughts has expanded by 50,000 square kilometers, or more than 12 million acres, each year. Rebecca Owen reports for @eos.org via @coveringclimatenow.org. #CCNow #megadroughts #climatechange

Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts - Communications Earth & Environment Central Europe experienced long-lasting droughts during the Spörer and Dalton solar minima around AD 1450 and 1800 that were more severe and extensive than those observed in the 21st century, accordin...

More #megadroughts? "Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts" Ionita et al www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Global increase in the occurrence and impact of multiyear droughts Persistent multiyear drought (MYD) events pose a growing threat to nature and humans in a changing climate. We identified and inventoried global MYDs by detecting spatiotemporally contiguous climatic ...

The earth gets drier and warmer, and #megadroughts have been increasing for 40 years and will do so in the future. Substantial negative impacts on #water supply, #agriculture and all #ecosystem services are to be expected. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Megadroughts on the rise • Muser Press Long-term megadroughts are becoming increasingly frequent and severe, threatening ecosystems, agriculture, and water supplies worldwide

#Megadroughts are intensifying, with drought-stricken areas expanding by 50,000 km² annually since 1980. #ClimateData #ClimateChangeEffects 🧪

🚨 #Megadroughts are increasing worldwide & becoming hotter & drier. This shrinks drinking water supply & can leads to crop failure, #FoodInsecurity, wildfire & increased mortality. This has huge ramifications for the Global South, where many millions are smallholder farmers & laborers
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Global increase in the occurrence and impact of multiyear droughts Persistent multiyear drought (MYD) events pose a growing threat to nature and humans in a changing climate. We identified and inventoried global MYDs by detecting spatiotemporally contiguous climatic anomalies, showing that MYDs have become drier, hotter,...

We used a morphological approach to identify #megadroughts globally over the past 40 years and applied plant-greenness indices to determine the impacts on vegetation. Megadroughts are increasing in frequency, area and intensity on the global scale.

Mother Nature will not be stopped. She is a woman scorned. There will be Hell to pay for all the centuries of constant abuse.

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #MotherNature #Megadroughts #LA #Wildfires

'Several previous #megadroughts in the 1,200-year record lasted as long as 30 years, according to the researchers.'