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Oregon State University: Quickly Unfolding Flash Droughts Present New Challenge for Weather Prediction
March 03, 2020
CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 3 [TNSenvironmentresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news:

Flash droughts, which can develop in as little as two weeks and intensify rapidly, are drawing new attention as researchers work to identify and test the reliability of indicators that could help predict these weather events, a study published in Nature Climate Change indicates.

Understanding the factors, including a warming planet, that lead to a flash drought and . . .

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