Climate scientists create Caribbean drought atlas

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 - 15:52 in Earth & Climate

Atmospheric scientists have developed the first-of-its-kind, high-resolution Caribbean drought atlas, with data going back to 1950. Concurrently, the researchers confirmed the region’s 2013-16 drought was the most severe in 66 years due to consistently higher temperatures – a hint that climate change is to blame.

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