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Floods and droughts are intensifying globally

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Satellite data show hydroclimatic extreme events are increasing in frequency, duration, and extent under warming conditions.

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Fig. 1: The most intense wet and dry events during 2002–2022 (ref. 2).

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Rohde, M.M. Floods and droughts are intensifying globally. Nat Water 1, 226–227 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00047-y

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