Severity of drought and heatwave crop losses tripled over the last five decades in Europe

TA Brás, J Seixas, N Carvalhais… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme weather disasters (EWDs) can jeopardize domestic food supply and disrupt
commodity markets. However, historical impacts on European crop production associated …

[HTML][HTML] Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) evolution over the Iberian Peninsula during the 21st century

MN Lorenzo, H Pereira, I Alvarez, JM Dias - Atmospheric Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Droughts are important natural hazards that occur worldwide and can have severe and long-
lasting impacts on humans and ecosystems. These phenomena are usually quantified by …

Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities

SB Guerreiro, RJ Dawson, C Kilsby… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Cities are particularly vulnerable to climate risks due to their agglomeration of people,
buildings and infrastructure. Differences in methodology, hazards considered, and climate …

[HTML][HTML] Saharan air intrusions as a relevant mechanism for Iberian heatwaves: The record breaking events of August 2018 and June 2019

PM Sousa, D Barriopedro, AM Ramos… - Weather and Climate …, 2019 - Elsevier
The summers of 2018 and 2019 were characterized by unusually warm conditions over
Europe. Here, we describe the intense heatwaves striking the Iberian Peninsula in early …

[PDF][PDF] Extreme precipitation events under climate change in the Iberian Peninsula

SC Pereira, M Marta-Almeida, AC Carvalho… - Int J Climatol, 2020 - researchgate.net
Precipitation is one of the most important atmospheric variables to assess, particularly in the
context of climate change. This study evaluates future changes in precipitation over the …

[HTML][HTML] Resilient cooling pathway for extremely hot climates in southern Asia

S Mehmood, J Lizana, M Núñez-Peiró, SA Maximov… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is increasing extreme heat conditions, with existing energy efficiency
policies showing trade-offs between mitigation objectives and adaptation to climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the BFAST method to detect and characterise changing trends in water time series: A case study on the impact of droughts on the Mediterranean …

MP Mendes, V Rodriguez-Galiano… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mediterranean climate regions are facing increased aridity conditions and water scarcity,
thus needing integrated management of water resources. Detecting and characterising …

One hundred years of climate change in Mexico

AP Cuervo-Robayo, C Ureta, MA Gómez-Albores… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Spatial assessments of historical climate change provide information that can be used by
scientists to analyze climate variation over time and evaluate, for example, its effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of GRACE data for water resource management in Iberia: a case study of groundwater storage monitoring in the Algarve region

MC Neves, LM Nunes, JP Monteiro - Journal of Hydrology: Regional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Iberia, Algarve basin, South Portugal. Study focus This study
evaluates the performance of several GRACE products in Iberia using the closure of the …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-psychological factors explaining public engagement and support for drought disaster risk management

NP Areia, MD Sequeira, AO Tavares - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2024 - Elsevier
Droughts have become a critical high-impact hydro-meteorological disaster and are
projected to become more extreme in the near future. The Iberian Peninsula is unarguably …