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Andrew Hoell, Judith Perlwitz, Candida Dewes, Klaus Wolter, Imtiaz Rangwala, Xiao-Wei Quan, and Jon Eischeid
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Published date December 10, 2018

EEE 2017: Anthropogenic Contributions to the Intensity of the 2017 United States Northern Great Plains Drought

Main finding:

Anthropogenic forcing made the occurrence of observed 2017 northern Great Plains drought intensity up to 1.5 times more likely through aridification due to long-term increases in evapotranspiration over precipitation.

Larger report:

EEE 2017 = Explaining Extreme Events of 2017 from a Climate Perspective

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