{"id":34723,"date":"2024-08-09T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/?p=34723"},"modified":"2024-07-25T23:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T21:04:34","slug":"asia-flash-drought-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/asia-flash-drought-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash drought is becoming increasingly frequent in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some Asian countries, says research, the frequency of sudden drought events has increased from 20 to 80 per cent in just two decades. But the phenomenon is now global<\/h2>\n

by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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\u201cFlash droughts<\/strong> will expand and worsen in the future in South Asian <\/strong>countries, impacting water, agriculture, and energy sectors.\u201d This is according to Ashok Mishra<\/strong>, a professor at Texas A&M University<\/strong> who, along with other researchers from different countries, has been examining in a study which factors play a key role in the origin of these phenomena. These particular events, scientists have long observed<\/a>, are characterised by the onset of more extreme heat waves than those that occur with classic seasonal droughts.<\/p>\n

The research<\/a>, which involved scholars from the universities of Nanjing (in China<\/strong>), Peshawar (Pakistan<\/strong>), Jodpur (India<\/strong>) as well as Seoul National University of Science and Technology<\/strong> and the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA<\/strong>) Center for Forested Wetlands Research, was published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.<\/p>\n

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Europe will be facing drought more often<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n