Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change

  • Yusuke Satoh,
  • Kei Yoshimura,
  • Yadu Pokhrel,
  • Hyungjun Kim,
  • Hideo Shiogama,
  • Tokuta Yokohata,
  • Naota Hanasaki,
  • Yoshihide Wada,
  • Peter Burek,
  • Edward Byers,
  • Hannes Müller Schmied,
  • Dieter Gerten,
  • Sebastian Ostberg,
  • Simon Newland Gosling,
  • Julien Eric Stanslas Boulange,
  • Taikan Oki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30729-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Significant regional disparities exist in the time left to prepare for unprecedented drought and how much we can buy time depending on climate scenarios. Specific regions pass this timing by the middle of 21st century even with stringent mitigation.