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SUBMITTER: Chiang F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070332 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chiang Felicia F Mazdiyasni Omid O AghaKouchak Amir A
Science advances 20180801 8
During droughts, low surface moisture may translate surface heating into warming, since excess energy will be converted into sensible heat instead of evaporating as latent heat. Recent concurrent occurrences of droughts and heatwaves have caused compounding ecosystem and societal stresses, which prompted our investigation of whether there has been a shift in temperatures under meteorological drought conditions in the United States. Using historical observations, we detect that droughts have been ...[more]