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Jonathan Spinoni , Paulo Barbosa , Alfred de Jager , Niall McCormick , Gustavo Naumann , J. Vogt , Diego Magni , Dario Masante , Marco Mazzeschi ·

YOU? · · 2019 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2019.100593 · OA: W2912772317

We derived trends in drought frequency and severity, separately for SPI and SPEI at a 12-month accumulation scale, which is usually related to hydrological droughts. Results show several drought hotspots in the last decades: Amazonia, southern South America, the Mediterranean region, most of Africa, north-eastern China and, to a lesser extent, central Asia and southern Australia. Over North America, central Europe, central Asia, and Australia, the recent progressive temperature increase outbalanced the increase in precipitation causing more frequent and severe droughts.