RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 08 December 2021
Lake Urmia was an Iranian tourist centre until greatly diminished by human water use. It was partially replenished by an atmospheric river in 2017. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto/Getty
Devastating floods that struck Iran in 2017 were caused by a ‘sky river’ that ferried in water from hundreds or thousands of kilometres away — and that brought benefits, as well as destruction1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03646-5
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03646-5
