Recent Increased Aridity in Peninsular Florida
- 20 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Quaternary Research
- Vol. 13 (1) , 75-79
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(80)90083-6
Abstract
Precipitation and river-flow data from peninsular Florida show a trend toward increased aridity beginning about 1960. The trend follows by 10–20 yr the onset of Northern Hemispheric cooling and indicates a possible present-day link between this cooling and the recent decrease in precipitation in peninsular Florida. This phenomenon tends to support the hypothesis of a return to cooler and drier conditions, perhaps, similar to those prevailing during the Little Ice Age.Keywords
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