Droughts occur naturally, but climate change has generally accelerated the hydrological
processes to make them set in quicker and become more intense, with many consequences …

Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …

The enhanced vegetation productivity driven by increased concentrations of carbon dioxide
(CO2)[ie, the CO2 fertilization effect (CFE)] sustains an important negative feedback on …

Climate change-driven increases in drought frequency and severity could compromise forest
ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon sink,–. While the impacts of single droughts on forests …

Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to
link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as …

Afforestation and reforestation projects in the karst regions of southwest China aim to
combat desertification and improve the ecological environment. However, it remains unclear …

Drought propagation describes the changes in a drought signal as it moves from one major
type of drought to another. It is important to investigate the propagation among …

Several recently published studies have produced apparently conflicting results of how
drought is changing under climate change. The reason is thought to lie in the formulation of …

The standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) was developed in 2010 and
has been used in an increasing number of climatology and hydrology studies. The objective …

Global warming is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of droughts in the twenty-
first century, but the relative contributions from changes in moisture supply (precipitation) …