Compound heat and moisture extreme impacts on global crop yields under climate change

C Lesk, W Anderson, A Rigden, O Coast… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Extreme heat, drought and moisture excess are increasingly co-occurring within a single
growing season, impacting crop yields in global breadbasket regions. In this Review, we …

Prediction and projection of heatwaves

DIV Domeisen, EAB Eltahir, EM Fischer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Heatwaves constitute a major threat to human health and ecosystems. Projected increases
in heatwave frequency and severity thus lead to the need for prediction to enhance …

Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage

F Yao, B Livneh, B Rajagopalan, J Wang, JF Crétaux… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Climate change and human activities increasingly threaten lakes that store 87% of Earth's
liquid surface fresh water. Yet, recent trends and drivers of lake volume change remain …

Heat waves: Physical understanding and scientific challenges

D Barriopedro, R García‐Herrera… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

Climate change and its impact on biodiversity and human welfare

KR Shivanna - Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change refers to the long-term changes in temperature and weather due to human
activities. Increase in average global temperature and extreme and unpredictable weather …

Abiotic stress in crop production

R Kopecká, M Kameniarová, M Černý… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The vast majority of agricultural land undergoes abiotic stress that can significantly reduce
agricultural yields. Understanding the mechanisms of plant defenses against stresses and …

Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Compound droughts and hot extremes: Characteristics, drivers, changes, and impacts

Z Hao, F Hao, Y Xia, S Feng, C Sun, X Zhang, Y Fu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

How unusual is the 2022 European compound drought and heatwave event?

KP Tripathy, AK Mishra - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2022 Compound Drought and Heatwave (CDHW) caused widespread crop
damage, water shortages, and wildfires across Europe. Our study analyzed this event's …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of extreme weather events as a consequence of climate change on the soil moisture and on the quality of the soil environment and agriculture–A …

K Furtak, A Wolińska - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is progressing and is already visible to the naked eye around the world.
Hydrological events associated with climate change, ie floods and droughts, have reached …