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Interagency Programs

What is Flash Drought? Takeaways from the NIDIS Flash Drought Workshop

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The 2017 Northern Plains flash drought’s swift onset and severity were not forecasted, and it resulted in fires that burned 4.8 million acres and U.S. agricultural losses in excess of $2.6 billion dollars. Episodes like this have sparked intense interest in flash drought and a clear conceptualization of what it is in both the research community and the end user/applications community

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Alaska RISA Launches Alaska Drought Webinar Series

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What does drought look like in Alaska? Limited climate data in the state cannot tell us when streams are so low fish cannot pass or when flowing water is insufficient to operate hydropower. These webinars seek to gather local knowledge and better understand the challenges of drought to food security, energy systems, and more.

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NIDIS and USGS to Co-host Ecological Drought National Webinar Series

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The four-part webinar series, taking place in February and March, seeks to raise awareness of ecological drought, share actions that strengthen ecosystem resilience and mitigate the impacts of droughts, and discuss research and management needs for future drought planning and preparedness.

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Marine Ecosystem Risk Team to Hold Sanctuaries Climate Priorities Virtual Workshop

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The workshop will engage members from across NOAA Research through the discussion of how their work can be leveraged to meet the climate science and information needs of sanctuaries and provide opportunities for new partnerships.

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Study Provides New Understanding of Plants, Droughts, and Climate Change to Improve Models

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Building models that can appropriately capture plant-water interactions is critical in order to accurately simulate the onset and evolution of droughts and their cascading impacts throughout the Earth system.

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Missouri River Basin DEWS Strategic Plan Released

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NIDIS has released its Strategic Plan for the Missouri River Basin Drought Early Warning System. The document outlines priority tasks to build drought early warning capacity and resilience. The plan also includes considerations of the effects of the 2017 Northern Plains flash drought.

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Higher Atmospheric Thirst from Climate Change to Increase Fire Danger and Drought in California and Nevada

CAP/Regional Integrated Science and Assessments (RISA), CAP/RISA News, Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI), CSI News, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NIDIS News / By

Since the start of the 21st century California and Nevada have suffered extreme wildland fires and droughts that have caused devastating impacts to ecosystems and society. A common feature of these events has been very high evaporative demand—the “thirst” of the atmosphere—which has largely been driven by increased air temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change

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