Recognizing and Responding to Drought on Pacific Islands
Compared to other extreme events, drought is a relatively quiet disaster. On Pacific Islands, where water supply depends very directly on precipitation, residents are working to recognize signs of drought and communicate them to others so that they can respond quickly.
Story Credit:
Adapted from the Pacific Islands Climate Storybook Climate Story “It’s Falling from the Sky but Not Hitting the Ground”: Drought in the outer atolls of the Marshall Islands in 2013." See link under Additional Resources.
Banner Image Credit:
Drought on Ailuk Atoll in 2013, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Unmodified photo by PACC, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/, via Flickr
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23 April 2024 - 9:53am
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