Study: Sudden shifts from drought to floods are getting more common in the U.S.
Sudden shifts from drought conditions to heavy floods are becoming more common in the U.S. as the climate changes, a study has found. The findings were presented in a study published in Communications Earth & Environment. … Over time, from 1980 to 2020, researchers found that such whiplash trends in the weather increased approximately a quarter of a percent to 1 percent per year. These extreme shifts in weather patterns have manifested in parts of the U.S. recently, and in California in particular.
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