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Articles | Volume 29, issue 11
Articles | Volume 29, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2321-2025
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 11
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03 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2025

Analysis of past and future droughts causing clay shrinkage in France

Sophie Barthelemy, Bertrand Bonan, Miquel Tomas-Burguera, Gilles Grandjean, Séverine Bernardie, Jean-Philippe Naulin, Patrick Le Moigne, Aaron Boone, and Jean-Christophe Calvet

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A drought index is developed that quantifies drought on an annual scale, making it applicable to monitoring clay shrinkage damage to buildings. A comparison with the number of insurance claims for subsidence shows that the presence of trees near individual houses must be taken into account. Significant soil moisture droughts occurred in France in 2003, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. Particularly high index values are observed in 2022. It is found that droughts will become more severe in the future.
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