Dartmouth College: U.S. Drought-Monitoring System Outpaced by Climate Changes
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
HANOVER, New Hampshire, May 23 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news on May 22, 2024:
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Study finds more frequent droughts challenge accuracy of classifications tied to aid.
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In the nearly 25 years since the U.S. Drought Monitor was created, its weekly maps of drought conditions nationwide--which help direct emergency federal aid--have captured the steady march toward the drier, hotter reality of climate change, accor . . .
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Study finds more frequent droughts challenge accuracy of classifications tied to aid.
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In the nearly 25 years since the U.S. Drought Monitor was created, its weekly maps of drought conditions nationwide--which help direct emergency federal aid--have captured the steady march toward the drier, hotter reality of climate change, accor . . .