Radiography of drought periods in Spain from the last 318 years
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 13:21
in Earth & Climate
The Mediterranean Basin has been witness to increased droughts for at least five decades, but has this always been the case? A research team has been successful in reconstructing, for the first time, the droughts from 1694 to 2012 based on the precipitation index and the study of tree growth rings. According to the study, the twelve months leading up to July 2012 were the driest.