A changing climate is altering vegetation phenology and probably impacts drought frequency and severity. Changes in vegetation phenology have some unexpected consequences on the trajectories of drought recovery.
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Wang, L. Spring phenology alters vegetation drought recovery. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 123–124 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01579-z
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