Incomplete Drought Recovery May Be The New Normal

ENN
Aug 9, 2017, 3:22 pm43 pts
The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought’s severity. During the 20th century, the total area of land affected by drought increased, and longer recovery times became more common, according to new research published by Nature by a group of…

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