“…In fact, different modes of climate variability such as El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) (Camilloni and Barros, ; ; Grimm et al, ; Grimm and Tedeschi, ), the southern annular mode (SAM) (Silvestri and Vera, ) or even anomalies in sea ice extent around Antarctica (Saurral et al, ) lead to distinct patterns of rainfall across the basin, affecting the availability of water over the region. During the last decades, the southern part of LPB has experienced a substantial increase in precipitation (Barros et al, ; Barros et al, ; Barros Soares et al, ; Saurral et al, ) which contributed to expand the extent of the agricultural areas, although at the same time the accompanying increase in extreme precipitation (Penalba and Robledo, ; Doyle et al, ) led to frequent flooding events (Camilloni and Barros, ; Barros et al, ; Camilloni, ).…”