Turfgrass increased drought effects and decreased stomatal conductance of palms.
Diffenbaugh, N. S., Swain D. L. & Touma, D. Anthropogenic warming has increased drought risk in California.
Other studies have predicted increased drought in southern Europe, but these are the most severe conditions so far.
The agricultural sector will be affected by reduced water availability (in the south) and increased drought.
The American West is an arid region to begin with explosive growth and increased drought are creating a water crisis.
Increased drought and fire will cut production in agriculture and forestry by 2030 over much of southern and eastern Australia, and over parts of eastern New Zealand.
No trend toward increased drought has been detected over the last century, said Dr. David R. East erling, a researcher at the Climatic Data Center.
One high exposure sub-region has been documented elsewhere as being further vulnerable to increased drought and fire potential.
The surprising result was that increased drought in Europe, at least in this particular computer analysis, barely mattered at all.
A report released in January by the Defense Department instead identified increased drought as the risk posed to the base, a risk that certainly still exists.
Fires in forested areas have been suggested to be the major agent of forest transition under an increased drought frequency scenario27.
