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Droughts And Ecosystems Determined By Interaction Of Two Climate Phenomena
What is causing the droughts that the Iberian Peninsula regularly endures?
Why are the winters sometimes mild and rainy and other times cold and dry or cold and damp?
Is climate change of anthropogenic origin exerting an influence on these processes?
How are these cycles affecting the productivity of terrestrial ecosystems?
And finally, can these cycles be predicted and the economy thus adjusted to them?
The work, published this week in Nature Communications, was led by the University of Alcal de Henares.
It was conducted in collaboration with the UPV/EHU, the…