Post-wildfire soil erosion in the Mediterranean: Review and future research directions

RA Shakesby - Earth-Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Wildfires increased dramatically in frequency and extent in the European Mediterranean
region from the 1960s, aided by a general warming and drying trend, but driven primarily by …

Opportunities to reduce heat damage in rain-fed wheat crops based on plant breeding and agronomic management

JR Hunt, PT Hayman, RA Richards, JB Passioura - Field Crops Research, 2018 - Elsevier
High temperatures can substantially reduce the yield of rain-fed wheat at any stage of crop
development. They can result in poor establishment, poor floral fertility, inopportune …

Extreme weather and societal impacts in the eastern Mediterranean

A Hochman, F Marra, G Messori, JG Pinto… - Earth System …, 2022 - esd.copernicus.org
Gaining a holistic understanding of extreme weather, from its physical drivers to its impacts
on society and ecosystems, is key to supporting future risk reduction and preparedness …

[HTML][HTML] The extreme heat wave of July–August 2021 in the Athens urban area (Greece): Atmospheric and human-biometeorological analysis exploiting ultra-high …

C Giannaros, I Agathangelidis, G Papavasileiou… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Greece was affected by a prolonged and extreme heat wave (HW) event (July 28–August
05) during the abnormally hot summer of 2021, with the maximum temperature in Athens …

The exceptionally hot summer of 2007 in Athens, Greece—a typical summer in the future climate?

D Founda, C Giannakopoulos - Global and planetary change, 2009 - Elsevier
Summer 2007 was abnormally warm for many areas of southeastern Europe, the Balkan
peninsula and parts of Asia Minor with departures from the seasonal means exceeding 4° C …

[PDF][PDF] Heat and cold waves trends in the Carpathian Region from 1961 to 2010

J Spinoni, M Lakatos, T Szentimrey, Z Bihari… - Int. J …, 2015 - cyberleninka.org
The past two decades of the 20th century and the first of the 21st century have been
characterized by global temperature rise and increased frequency of weather-induced …

Growing prevalence of heat over cold extremes with overall milder extremes and multiple successive events

Y Zhang, Q Li, Y Ge, X Du, H Wang - Communications Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Temperature extremes with altered characteristics are one of the most threatening impacts of
global warming. How their characteristics have changed is uncertain, and varies by region …

Climate change and the presence of invasive species will threaten the persistence of the Mediterranean seagrass community

P Beca-Carretero, G Winters, M Teichberg… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been experiencing rapid increases in temperature and
salinity triggering its tropicalization. Additionally, its connection with the Red Sea has been …

Climate change, future warming, and adaptation in Europe

M Pasqui, E Di Giuseppe - Animal Frontiers, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Climate change, future warming, and adaptation in Europe | Animal Frontiers | Oxford
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Assessing trends in climate aridity and vulnerability to soil degradation in Italy

A Colantoni, C Ferrara, L Perini, L Salvati - Ecological indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study illustrates a framework to analyze changes in climate aridity and soil
degradation on a country scale in Italy. The spatial distribution of an indicator of soil …