Phrases with «persistent drought»

The phrase "persistent drought" refers to a long-lasting period when there is an extreme shortage of water. It means that an area has been experiencing a prolonged and continuous lack of rainfall, which can have severe impacts on the environment, agriculture, and people's daily lives. Full definition

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Sentences with «persistent drought»

There is relatively little consensus about how climate change will affect the incidence of persistent drought at global and regional scales, in large part due to the uncertainties discussed above. (montanaclimate.org)
The connection between persistent drought and wildfires is not a difficult one to make. (climaterealityproject.org)
With Kumik-esque levels of persistent drought in California and Brazil, as more and more people realize we now all inhabit a dangerously warmer world, even some Very Serious People are coming to grapple with a version of Crowden's question at a global scale: How on earth are we going to survive? (slate.com)
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Phrases with «persistent drought»

Sentences with «persistent drought»

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