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Historical drought trends revisited

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  • Sonia I. Seneviratne

    (Sonia I. Seneviratne is at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.)

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A new assessment of drought trends over the past 60 years finds little evidence of an expansion of the area affected by droughts, contradicting several previous estimates. See Letter p.435

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  • Sonia I. Seneviratne, 2012. "Historical drought trends revisited," Nature, Nature, vol. 491(7424), pages 338-339, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:491:y:2012:i:7424:d:10.1038_491338a
    DOI: 10.1038/491338a
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    7. Zheng Li & Tao Zhou & Xiang Zhao & Kaicheng Huang & Shan Gao & Hao Wu & Hui Luo, 2015. "Assessments of Drought Impacts on Vegetation in China with the Optimal Time Scales of the Climatic Drought Index," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-20, July.

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