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 …

Drought propagation under global warming: Characteristics, approaches, processes, and controlling factors

X Zhang, Z Hao, VP Singh, Y Zhang, S Feng… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drought is a costly natural hazard with far-reaching impacts on agriculture, ecosystem, water
supply, and socio-economy. While propagating through the water cycle, drought evolves into …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes

MTH Van Vliet, J Thorslund, M Strokal… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change and extreme weather events (such as droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and
floods) pose serious challenges for water management, in terms of both water resources …

Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world

X Lian, S Piao, A Chen, C Huntingford, B Fu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Drylands are an essential component of the Earth System and are among the most
vulnerable to climate change. In this Review, we synthesize observational and modelling …

[HTML][HTML] Soil moisture dominates dryness stress on ecosystem production globally

L Liu, L Gudmundsson, M Hauser, D Qin, S Li… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Dryness stress can limit vegetation growth and is often characterized by low soil moisture
(SM) and high atmospheric water demand (vapor pressure deficit, VPD). However, the …

Globally observed trends in mean and extreme river flow attributed to climate change

L Gudmundsson, J Boulange, HX Do, SN Gosling… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Anthropogenic climate change is expected to affect global river flow. Here, we analyze time
series of low, mean, and high river flows from 7250 observatories around the world covering …

Global water scarcity including surface water quality and expansions of clean water technologies

MTH Van Vliet, ER Jones, M Flörke… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Water scarcity threatens people in various regions, and has predominantly been studied
from a water quantity perspective only. Here we show that global water scarcity is driven by …

Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios

Y Tramblay, A Koutroulis, L Samaniego… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …

[HTML][HTML] The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change

Y Satoh, K Yoshimura, Y Pokhrel, H Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Droughts that exceed the magnitudes of historical variation ranges could occur increasingly
frequently under future climate conditions. However, the time of the emergence of …