Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2022)

Southwestern United States drought of the 21st century presages drier conditions into the future

  • Eugene R. Wahl,
  • Eduardo Zorita,
  • Henry F. Diaz,
  • Andrew Hoell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00532-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The ongoing bidecadal drought in the Southwest USA is thed most severe since 800 CE, with the moisture regime projected to remain consistently drier in the region, according to paleoclimate reconstructions, modern data and numerical climate model simulations under two emission scenarios.