BOULDER, Colorado, March 22 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * Researchers coin 'thirstwaves' as new term for prolonged periods of atmospheric thirst New research on thirstwaves can help improve agricultural water management Panoramic photo of a dry riverbed with a hill and trees in the background. Most people have heard of heatwaves: extended periods of abnormally hot weather. But researchers from CIRES and the University of  more