New commentary article:
Drought in the Anthropocene
Drought management is inefficient because feedbacks between drought and people are not fully understood. In this human-influenced era, we need to rethink the concept of drought to include the human role in mitigating and enhancing drought.
Reference:
Loon, AFV., Gleeson, T., Clarck, J., van Dijk, AIJM., Stahl, K., Hannafjord, J., Teuling, Aj., Tallaksen LM., Remko Uijlenhoet, R., Hannah, DM., Sheffield, J., Svoboda, M., Verbeiren, B., Wagener, T., Rangecroft, S., Wanders, N., & HAJ., van Lanen (2016). Drought in the Anthropocene. Nature Geoscience 9, pages 89–91. doi:10.1038/ngeo2646
URL: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v9/n2/full/ngeo2646.html
In media:
Severe drought no longer caused just by nature, Phys.org, 2.2.2016.