Environmental Science · Global and Planetary Change

Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Drone maps spotted crop water stress before other plant measures changed

High-resolution drone maps detected early crop water stress before changes appeared in other plant measurements. The approach tracked evapotranspiration—the movement of water from soil and plants into the air—across sugar beet, potato and winter wheat fields.

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Abstract editorial illustration accompanying the article: India’s drought risk shifts across regions as warming rises, with new hotspot areas emerging

Climate & Environment

India’s drought risk shifts across regions as warming rises, with new hotspot areas emerging

A new analysis maps how drought hazard changes across India’s major farming regions under three global warming levels. It finds that large shares of land shift into higher drought-risk categories, and that some new high-risk areas appear. The work also notes that results depend on one climate model and should be read as directional guidance rather than forecasts.

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