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Articles | Volume 29, issue 15
Articles | Volume 29, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-3795-2025
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 15
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15 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 15 Aug 2025

Droughts and media: when and how do the newspapers talk about the droughts in England?

Inhye Kong, Jan Seibert, and Ross S. Purves

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This study examines the timing and topics of newspaper coverage of droughts in England. Media attention correlated with drought-prone hydroclimatic conditions, particularly low precipitation and low groundwater levels, but also showed a seasonality bias, with more coverage in spring and summer, as exemplified by the 2022 summer drought. The findings reveal complex media dynamics in science communication, suggesting potential gaps in how droughts are framed by scientists versus the media.
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