Preparing for Long-Term Drought and Aridification
Joel Lisonbee, Elizabeth Ossowski, Meredith Muth, Veva Deheza, Amanda Sheffield
Abstract
he southwestern United States, comprising the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, is experiencing an historic continuing drought. In early 2020, an extreme deficit in precipitation paired with extremely high temperatures marked a low point in two decades of below-average precipitation across the region
Topics & Concepts
AridificationTerm (time)Environmental scienceClimatologyGeologyClimate changeOceanographyPhysicsQuantum mechanicsClimate variability and modelsHydrology and Drought AnalysisClimate change impacts on agriculture