Extreme weather patterns that led to one of New Zealand’s most devastating droughts in 2013 are likely to reoccur due to global climate change, according to scientists at Victoria University of Wellington.
A research team led by Luke Harrington and David Frame from the NZ Climate Change Research Institute found there was a 20 per cent chance of another severe drought affecting the country.
The study is published online in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
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