Investigating the complex issue of drought

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Jul 3, 2025, 2:38 pm279 ptsTop
Too little rain, too little water in the landscape—so simple, so serious. Even if the drought is obvious because freshwaters carry less water, plants wither and the soil becomes brittle and cracked, the drying out itself is a complex process in which the spatial context plays an important role.

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