the researchers introduce a quantitative metric called hydroclimate whiplash using the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). The SPEI is a measure that gives information ...

The Adelaide Hills are experiencing severe water shortages . The root cause? A prolonged dry period and not enough water tankers to meet unprecedente ...

(Getty Images) Rapidly alternating from wetter to drier weather thanks to human-driven climate change is what climatologist Daniel Swain has called “hydroclimate whiplash.” And, he warns ...

Scientists have coined a new term, “hydroclimate whiplash”, to describe the rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather currently occurring across the globe. This climate ...

Wildfires are threatening the southeastern U.S. this month, with fast-moving blazes ripping across the dry Carolinas and Georgia. The fires come on the heels of an active fall season, with ...

Rapidly alternating from wetter to drier weather thanks to human-driven climate change is what climatologist Daniel Swain has called “hydroclimate whiplash.” And, he warns, it’s speeding up around the ...