Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

G Zittis, M Almazroui, P Alpert, P Ciais… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

Climate change and drought: a perspective on drought indices

S Mukherjee, A Mishra, KE Trenberth - Current climate change reports, 2018 - Springer
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 …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti… - Climate change 2021 …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

[HTML][HTML] Why is the Mediterranean a climate change hot spot?

A Tuel, EAB Eltahir - Journal of Climate, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Why Is the Mediterranean a Climate Change Hot Spot? in: Journal of Climate Volume 33
Issue 14 (2020) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo JOURNALS Artificial …

Climate change and drought: From past to future

BI Cook, JS Mankin, KJ Anchukaitis - Current Climate Change Reports, 2018 - Springer
Drought is a complex and multivariate phenomenon influenced by diverse physical and
biological processes. Such complexity precludes simplistic explanations of cause and effect …

Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought

CP Kelley, S Mohtadi, MA Cane… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Before the Syrian uprising that began in 2011, the greater Fertile Crescent experienced the
most severe drought in the instrumental record. For Syria, a country marked by poor …

Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era

ER Cook, R Seager, Y Kushnir, KR Briffa… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Climate model projections suggest widespread drying in the Mediterranean Basin and
wetting in Fennoscandia in the coming decades largely as a consequence of greenhouse …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change-induced aridity is affecting agriculture in Northeast Italy

E Straffelini, P Tarolli - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The Mediterranean basin and specifically Northeast Italy are recognised as
climate change hotspots. The latter is a key socio-economic area in Europe among the most …

Projected drought risk in 1.5 C and 2 C warmer climates

F Lehner, S Coats, TF Stocker… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The large socioeconomic costs of droughts make them a crucial target for impact
assessments of climate change scenarios. Using multiple drought metrics and a set of …

Critical impact of vegetation physiology on the continental hydrologic cycle in response to increasing CO2

L Lemordant, P Gentine, AS Swann… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Predicting how increasing atmospheric CO2 will affect the hydrologic cycle is of utmost
importance for a range of applications ranging from ecological services to human life and …