The major event that hit Europe in summer 2021 reminds society that floods are recurrent
and among the costliest and deadliest natural hazards. The long-term flood risk …

Global biodiversity change is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time.
Here, we review current scientific knowledge on global biodiversity change and identify the …

Abstract CRU TS (Climatic Research Unit gridded Time Series) is a widely used climate
dataset on a 0.5° latitude by 0.5° longitude grid over all land domains of the world except …

For many species, geographical ranges are expanding toward the poles in response to
climate change, while remaining stable along range edges nearest the equator. Using long …

The R package treeclim helps perform numerical calibration of proxy‐climate relationships,
with an emphasis on tree‐ring chronologies. The package provides a unified, fast, and …

In 1989, the need for reliable gridded land surface precipitation data sets, in view of the
large uncertainties in the assessment of the global energy and water cycle, has led to the …

Via air temperature increases and relative humidity changes, climate change will modify
vapor pressure deficit (VPD), which is an important determinant of water vapor and CO2 …

Desertification is a change in soil properties, vegetation or climate, which results in a
persistent loss of ecosystem services that are fundamental to sustaining life. Desertification …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 484–492 Abstract Europe has the world's most extensive network
of conservation areas. Conservation areas are selected without taking into account the …

8. Conclusions 1. There is a consistent chain of evidence at global, regional and local level
that indicates that Climate Change takes place in Lao PDR (as in the whole of the Mekong …