Global Coupling of Soil Drought (SM) and Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Global Coupling of Soil Drought (SM) and Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD)

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New study shows an increasingly high probability of more frequent, more extreme concurrent soil drought and atmospheric aridity, intensified by both climate change and land-atmosphere processes, posing large risks to the planet and human life.

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Sha Zhou/Columbia Engineering

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