Agricultural drought over water-scarce Central Asia aggravated by internal climate variability

J Jiang, T Zhou - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
A severe agricultural drought swept Central Asia in 2021, causing mass die-offs of crops and
livestock. The anthropogenic contribution to declines in soil moisture in this region over …

Future changes in precipitation extremes over Southeast Asia: insights from CMIP6 multi-model ensemble

F Ge, S Zhu, H Luo, X Zhi, H Wang - Environmental Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Past assessments of coupled climate models have indicated that precipitation extremes are
expected to intensify over Southeast Asia (SEA) under the global warming. Here, we use …

Climate change decisive for Asia's snow meltwater supply

PDA Kraaijenbrink, EE Stigter, T Yao… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Streamflow in high-mountain Asia is influenced by meltwater from snow and glaciers, and
determining impacts of climate change on the region's cryosphere is essential to understand …

Discussion of the “warming and wetting” trend and its future variation in the drylands of Northwest China under global warming

F Chen, T Xie, Y Yang, S Chen, F Chen… - Science China Earth …, 2023 - Springer
Since Shi et al. proposed that the climate in the drylands of Northwest China experienced a
significant transition from a “warming and drying” trend to a “warming and wetting” trend in …

Intensification of extreme precipitation in arid Central Asia

J Yao, Y Chen, J Chen, Y Zhao, D Tuoliewubieke… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in total and extreme precipitation are expected to intensify under climate
warming. As Central Asia is among the driest regions in the world, more information is …

Moisture evolution in Central Asia since 26 ka: Insights from a Kyrgyz loess section, Western Tian Shan

Y Li, Y Song, R Orozbaev, J Dong, X Li… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Central Asia (CA) is located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent, and faces an
extreme risk of continued aridification under the current global warming trend. To predict …

Future changes in precipitation and temperature over the Yangtze River Basin in China based on CMIP6 GCMs

Y Yue, D Yan, Q Yue, G Ji, Z Wang - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper explored the projected changes in precipitation, maximum temperature (T max),
and minimum temperature (T min) over the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) based on 23 Global …

Future projection of seasonal drought characteristics using CMIP6 in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin

Z Dong, H Liu, H Hu, MYA Khan, J Wen, L Chen… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the most widespread natural hazard, drought has significant impacts on the livelihood
and ecosystems in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB). However, few studies focus …

Assessment of meteorological drought change in the 21st century based on CMIP6 multi-model ensemble projections over mainland China

Z Song, J Xia, D She, L Li, C Hu, S Hong - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding drought dynamics spatially and temporally is essential for environmental and
socio-economic systems, especially under climate change with expected increasing …

Doubling of the population exposed to drought over South Asia: CMIP6 multi-model-based analysis

SK Mondal, J Huang, Y Wang, B Su, J Zhai… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought has a substantial socioeconomic impact under the changing climate. The estimation
of population exposure to drought could be the pivotal signal to predict future water scarcity …