Europe's recent summer droughts have had devastating ecological and economic
consequences, but the severity and cause of these extremes remain unclear. Here we …

Widespread and frequent droughts have affected most parts of Europe over recent years, but
it remains unclear when this synchronous drying trend began and how it has been …

Past natural and future anthropogenic drought variability has and will impact terrestrial
ecosystems, agricultural productivity, socio-economic conditions, and public health on …

Climate reconstructions based on stable isotopes in tree rings rely on the assumption that
fractionation‐controlling processes are strongly linked to meteorological variables. In this …

Droughts increasingly threaten the world's forests and their potential to mitigate climate
change. In 2018–2019, Central European forests were hit by two consecutive hotter drought …

Tree-ring stable isotopes, providing insight into drought-induced eco-physiological
mechanisms, are frequently used to reconstruct past changes in growing season …

Climate model projections suggest widespread drying in the Mediterranean Basin and
wetting in Fennoscandia in the coming decades largely as a consequence of greenhouse …

The vapor pressure deficit reflects the difference between how much moisture the
atmosphere could and actually does hold, a factor that fundamentally affects …

Europe was affected by an extreme drought in 2018, compounding with an extensive heat
wave in the same and subsequent years. Here we provide a first assessment of the impacts …

The year 2022 saw record breaking temperatures in Europe during both summer and fall.
Similar to the recent 2018 drought, close to 30%(3.0 million km2) of the European continent …