Compound droughts and hot extremes: Characteristics, drivers, changes, and impacts

Z Hao, F Hao, Y Xia, S Feng, C Sun, X Zhang, Y Fu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Compound droughts and hot events or extremes (CDHEs) may lead to larger repercussions
than do individual extremes. Due to the disastrous impacts and increased risk of these …

Increasing forest fire emissions despite the decline in global burned area

B Zheng, P Ciais, F Chevallier, E Chuvieco, Y Chen… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Satellites have detected a global decline in burned area of grassland, coincident with a
small increase in burned forest area. These contrasting trends have been reported in earlier …

Enhanced dust emission following large wildfires due to vegetation disturbance

Y Yu, P Ginoux - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Large wildfires reduce vegetation cover and soil moisture, leaving the temporally degraded
landscapes an emergent source of dust emission. However, the global extent of post-fire …

What do the Australian black summer fires signify for the global fire crisis?

RH Nolan, DMJS Bowman, H Clarke, K Haynes… - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 2019–20 Australian fire season was heralded as emblematic of the catastrophic harm
wrought by climate change. Similarly extreme wildfire seasons have occurred across the …

Climate change, environmental extremes, and human health in Australia: challenges, adaptation strategies, and policy gaps

R Xu, P Yu, Y Liu, G Chen, Z Yang, Y Zhang… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Climate change presents a major public health concern in Australia, marked by
unprecedented wildfires, heatwaves, floods, droughts, and the spread of climate-sensitive …

Likelihood of unprecedented drought and fire weather during Australia's 2019 megafires

DT Squire, D Richardson, JS Risbey… - npj Climate and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Between June 2019 and March 2020, thousands of wildfires spread devastation
across Australia at the tragic cost of many lives, vast areas of burnt forest, and estimated …

Cascading hazards in the aftermath of Australia's 2019/2020 Black Summer wildfires

M Kemter, M Fischer, LV Luna, E Schönfeldt… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Following an unprecedented drought, Australia's 2019/2020 “Black Summer” fire season
caused severe damage, gravely impacting both humans and ecosystems, and increasing …

Towards improved understanding of cascading and interconnected risks from concurrent weather extremes: Analysis of historical heat and drought extreme events

L Niggli, C Huggel, V Muccione, R Neukom… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Weather extremes can affect many different assets, sectors and systems of the human
environment, including human security, health and well-being. Weather extremes that …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning assisted prediction of solar to liquid fuel production: a case study

MW Shahzad, VH Nguyen, BB Xu, R Tariq… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this era of heightened environmental awareness, the global community faces the critical
challenge of climate change. Renewable energy (RE) emerges as a vital contender to …

Vulnerability assessment of urban agglomerations to the risk of heat waves in China since the 21st century

Y Yang, N Zhao - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, frequent heat wave disasters have seriously threatened the
safety of human life and property. The urban agglomeration, as the main region with a high …