Several NC CASC scientists are authors on a new paper about drought: “Drought as an emergent driver of ecological transformation in the twenty-first century.” In this paper, authors “clarify how drought can lead to transformation across a wide variety of ecosystems… [specifically] how climate change alters drought regimes” and how this may lead to ecosystem transformation. Read the paper on BioScience (open access link coming soon)!

Authors: Wynne E. Moss, Shelley D. Crausbay, Imtiaz Rangwala, Jay W. Wason, Clay Trauernicht, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Anna Sala, Caitlin M. Rottler, Gregory T. Pederson, Brian W. Miller, Dawn R. Magness, Jeremy S. Littell, Lee E. Frelich, Abby G. Frazier, Kimberly T. Davis, Johnathan D. Coop, Jennifer M. Cartwright, and Robert K. Booth