Anthropogenic warming exacerbates European soil moisture droughts
Anthropogenic warming exacerbates European soil moisture droughts, Published online: 23 April 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0138-5
Severe drought plagued Europe in 2003, amplifying heatwave conditions that killed more than 30,000 people. Assuming business as usual, such soil moisture deficits will become twice as frequent in the future and affect up to two-thirds of the European population.
