Global patterns of water storage recovery after severe drought (IMAGE)
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Satellite-based assessment of recovery after severe drought in large river basins. (a) Cumulative recovery probability measured from the time of maximum water storage loss. The black curve represents events in all basins, and the red curve represents events in basins with at least one event remaining unrecovered for more than five years. Shaded ribbons indicate uncertainty. (b) Median recovery time among recovered events in each basin. White circles indicate that recovery times differ by more than one year between events. (c) The longest observed period without recovery in each basin through 2025. Squares indicate that another severe drought prolonged the deficit.
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