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Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity – Phys.org
The onset date of the yearly rainy season reliably predicts if seasonal drought will occur in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa that are particularly vulnerable to food…

The onset date of the yearly rainy season reliably predicts if seasonal drought will occur in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa that are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity, and could help to mitigate its effects. Shraddhanand Shukla and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Climate Hazards Center, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on January 20, 2021.
Climate-driven seasonal drought can impact crop yields and is among major contributors to food insecurity,…
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