Drought in the Anthropocene

Anne Van Loon; Tom Gleeson; Julian Clark; Albert Van Dijk; Kerstin Stahl; Jamie Hannaford; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Adriaan Teuling; Lena Tallaksen; Remko Uijlenhoet; David Hannah; Justin Sheffield; Mark Svoboda; Boud Verbeiren; Thorsten Wagener; Sally Rangecroft; Niko Wanders; Henny Van Lanen

doi:10.1038/ngeo2646

Drought in the Anthropocene

Anne Van Loon, Tom Gleeson, Julian Clark, Albert Van Dijk, Kerstin Stahl, Jamie Hannaford, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Adriaan Teuling, Lena Tallaksen, Remko Uijlenhoet, David Hannah, Justin Sheffield, Mark Svoboda, Boud Verbeiren, Thorsten Wagener, Sally Rangecroft, Niko Wanders, Henny Van Lanen

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Abstract

Drought management is inefficient because feedbacks between drought and people are not fully understood. In this human-influenced era, we need to rethink the concept of drought to include the human role in mitigating and enhancing drought.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-91
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Geoscience
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2646
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2016

Keywords

Drought
Anthropocene
Climate
Water resources
Groundwater

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