Earth Sciences

Increase in ocean-onto-land droughts and their drivers under anthropogenic climate change

Y. Guan, X. Gu, et al.

Discover how ocean-onto-land droughts (OTLDs) have escalated due to climate change, leading to more frequent and severe impacts worldwide. This research sheds light on the atmospheric changes driving these shifts, conducted by a team of experts including Yansong Guan and Louise J. Slater.

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Abstract

Ocean-onto-land droughts (OTLDs), droughts originating over oceans and migrating onto land, have intensified due to anthropogenic climate change over the past 60 years. Under a high-emissions scenario, OTLDs are projected to become more frequent, persistent, widespread, and severe globally. Intensified OTLDs are linked to reduced moisture transport driven by atmospheric thermodynamic responses to global warming and circulation pattern shifts.

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npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

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Yansong Guan, Xihui Gu, Louise J. Slater, Jiabo Yin, Jianfeng Li, Solomon Hailu Gebrechorkos, Xiang Zhang, Dongdong Kong, Xuesong Yan

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