“We were seeing articles in big-name media saying migration from Central America is being driven by climate change and yet, we were looking at these and asking, where is the evidence?” says Kevin Anchukaitis, professor in the University of Arizona School of Geography and Development.
To nail down the reality, a team led by Anchukaitis analyzed 40 years of daily weather records from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras—especially the Central American region known as the “Dry Corridor.”