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Irreversible hotter and drier climate over inner East Asia – EurekAlert
Researchers warn that heatwaves and concurrent droughts of Mongolia’s semi-arid plateau have increased significantly during the past two decades, with troubling…
IMAGE: Tree-ring data from Siberian larch and other tree species show that heatwaves and soil drying of the Mongolian Plateau have accelerated in the past two decades. The region’s climate regime…
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Credit: Ken Shono, Unsplash
Mongolia’s semi-arid plateau may soon become as barren as parts of the American Southwest due to a “vicious cycle” of heatwaves — that exacerbates soil drying, and ultimately produces more heatwaves — according to an international group of climate scientists.
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