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Assessment of ecosystem resilience to hydroclimatic disturbances in India [1]

Recent studies have shown an increasing trend in hydroclimatic disturbances like droughts, which are anticipated to become more frequent and intense under global warming and climate change. Droughts adversely affect the vegetation growth and crop yield, which enhances the risks to food security for a country like India with over 1.2 billion people to feed.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2017
Ashutosh Sharma [2], Manish Kumar Goya [3]
Global Change Biology [4]
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Tags:
Climate Change [5], Hydrology [6], Rivers [7], Climate Impacts [8], India [9], Ecosystems [10], Climate Adaptation [11], River Basin [12], Remote Sensing [13], Forests [14], Water Resources [15]
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