Compound droughts and hot events or extremes (CDHEs) may lead to larger repercussions
than do individual extremes. Due to the disastrous impacts and increased risk of these …

Climate change is drastically altering the frequency, duration, and severity of compound
drought‐heatwave (CDHW) episodes, which present a new challenge in environmental and …

Compound dry and hot conditions frequently cause large impacts on ecosystems and
societies worldwide. A suite of indices is available for the assessment of droughts and …

Human society and ecosystems are impacted by climate extremes more than by climate
averages. In contrast with climate extremes that are driven by individual climatic variables …

Global warming accelerates the rate of interregional hydrological cycles, thus leading to a
significant increase in the frequency and intensity of global extreme events. An extreme …

Compound extremes pose immense challenges and hazards to communities, and this is
particularly true for compound hydrometeorological extremes associated with deadly floods …

The risk of compound drought heatwave events (CDHEs) and their persistence has
intensified in recent decades and is expected to increase faster in the future. Projecting …

Monitoring and prediction of agricultural drought are paramount to food security at the global
and regional scales, particularly under the influence of climate change and anthropogenic …

Compound climate extremes, such as events with concurrent temperature and precipitation
extremes, have significant impacts on the health of humans and ecosystems. This paper …

Compound hot-dry climate extremes could lead to severer natural disasters and socio-
economic impacts compared to individual events. An improved understanding of historical …