A first-of-its-kind international study, which includes research from Texas A&M AgriLife, has found that the effects of extreme drought on grasslands and shrublands have been underestimated.Researchers simulated extreme short-term drought – commonly called “100-year drought” – at 100 sites across six continents. The results were recently published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS.“These droughts are going to happen more often, and be more intense, so it is important that we learn as much as we can about their potential impacts and find ways to help Texas landowners,” said Bill Rogers, Ph.D.,a coauthor of the PNAS ...