Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene

BI Cook, JE Smerdon, ER Cook, AP Williams… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Exceptional drought events, known as megadroughts, have occurred on every continent
outside Antarctica over the past~ 2,000 years, causing major ecological and societal …

[HTML][HTML] Dendrochronological advances in the tropical and subtropical Americas: Research priorities and future directions

L Andreu-Hayles, E Tejedor, R D'arrigo… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract This Special Issue presents recent advancements in tropical dendrochronology in
the tropical and subtropical Americas, focusing on the identification of new species for …

Long-and short-term impacts of climate and dry-season on wood traits of Cedrela fissilis Vell. in southern Brazilian Amazon

DRO Rodriguez, R Sánchez-Salguero, A Hevia… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the last two decades the tropical Amazon forests have been impacted by frequent
and severe droughts. However, little is known about the impacts of these extreme events on …

Tree-ring oxygen isotopes record a decrease in Amazon dry season rainfall over the past 40 years

BBL Cintra, M Gloor, A Boom, J Schöngart, JCA Baker… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Extant climate observations suggest the dry season over large parts of the Amazon Basin
has become longer and drier over recent decades. However, such possible intensification of …

Climate variability of the southern Amazon inferred by a multi-proxy tree-ring approach using Cedrela fissilis Vell.

DRO Rodriguez, R Sánchez-Salguero, A Hevia… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of climate variability and development of reconstructions based on tree-ring
records in tropical forests have been increasing in recent decades. In the Amazon region …

A novel post-1950 CE atmospheric 14C record for the tropics using absolutely dated tree rings in the equatorial Amazon

GM Santos, D Granato-Souza, S Ancapichún… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a comprehensive atmospheric radiocarbon (14 C) record spanning
from 1940 to 2016, derived from 77 single tree rings of Cedrela odorata located in the …

Radiocarbon analysis confirms annual periodicity in Cedrela odorata tree rings from the equatorial Amazon

GM Santos, D Granato-Souza, AC Barbosa… - Quaternary …, 2020 - Elsevier
A Cedrela odorata tree ring width chronology spanning from 1786 to 2016 was developed in
the quasi-equatorial eastern Amazon Basin. Annual calendar dates were assigned using …

Teleconnections and edaphoclimatic effects on tree growth of Cedrela odorata L. in a seasonally dry tropical forest in Brazil

IRN Menezes, JRV Aragao, MA Pagotto, CS Lisi - Dendrochronologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (SDTF) present very high biodiversity and a
number of tree species that are adapted to prolonged periods of water stress. Considering …

Fate of floodplain forests in a changing Amazon

J Schöngart, F Wittmann, WJ Junk, A Lopes… - The future of Amazonian …, 2024 - Springer
The Amazon basin is undergoing an unprecedented transformation during recent decades
driven by anthropogenic-dominated disturbance regimes and increasing hydroclimatic …

Divergent patterns of rainfall regimes in dry and humid areas of China

Y Hu, F Wei, B Fu, S Wang, X Xiao, Y Qin, S Yin… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monitoring the long-term dynamics of the wet season is important for both the current
operation and future management of water resource systems. Wet seasons in China are …