Trends in ecosystem recovery from drought

Sonia Seneviratne (1) , Philippe Ciais (2, 3)

1 IAC - Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science [Zürich]
2 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
3 ICOS-ATC - ICOS-ATC

An analysis suggests that the time taken for ecosystems to recover from drought increased during the twentieth century. If the frequency of drought events rises, some ecosystems might never have the chance to fully recover

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Climatologie

Sonia Seneviratne, Philippe Ciais. Trends in ecosystem recovery from drought. Nature, 2017, 548 (7666), pp.164 - 165. ⟨10.1038/548164a⟩. ⟨cea-01887623⟩