Storylines for unprecedented heatwaves based on ensemble boosting

EM Fischer, U Beyerle, L Bloin-Wibe, C Gessner… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent temperature extremes have shattered previously observed records, reaching
intensities that were inconceivable before the events. Could the possibility of an event with …

Temperature extremes of 2022 reduced carbon uptake by forests in Europe

AM Van Der Woude, W Peters, E Joetzjer… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The year 2022 saw record breaking temperatures in Europe during both summer and fall.
Similar to the recent 2018 drought, close to 30%(3.0 million km2) of the European continent …

Drought characteristics in Mediterranean under future climate change

YH Essa, M Hirschi, W Thiery, AM El-Kenawy… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
The present work aims to address the physical properties of different drought types under
near-future climates in the Mediterranean. To do so, we use a multi-model mean of the bias …

The 2022-like compound dry and hot extreme in the Northern Hemisphere: Extremeness, attribution, and projection

Y Meng, Z Hao, Y Zhang, S Feng - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Droughts, hot extremes, and their combinations (ie, compound dry and hot extremes,
CDHEs) may pose threats to ecosystems and human society under global warming. The …

Examining the outstanding Euro-Mediterranean drought of 2021–2022 and its historical context

JM Garrido-Perez, SM Vicente-Serrano… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Euro-Mediterranean region experienced a remarkable drought during the
hydrological year 2021/22. Substantial and widespread impacts on water supply systems …

Impact of agricultural drought on barley and wheat yield: a comparative case study of Spain and Germany

P Benito-Verdugo, J Martínez-Fernández… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the growing interest in drought impacts on crops, this work studied the impact of
agricultural drought on wheat and barley during the period 2001–2020. The study was …

Unpredicted ecosystem response to compound human impacts in a European river

J Köhler, E Varga, S Spahr, J Gessner, K Stelzer… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change elevates the threat of compound heat and drought events, with their
ecological and socioeconomic impacts exacerbated by human ecosystem alterations such …

Record-breaking and unprecedented compound hot and dry summers in Europe under different emission scenarios

A Dosio, J Spinoni, M Migliavacca - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
After analysing observed summer compound hot and dry (CHD) events over Europe from
1950 to 2022, we employ a large ensemble of high-resolution regional climate model …

Long‐term drought triggers severe declines in carabid beetles in a temperate forest

F Weiss, H von Wehrden, A Linde - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence for widespread declines in arthropods is growing and climate change is one of the
suspected drivers. Recent droughts in Europe were unprecedented in the previous centuries …

Warm‐season drying across Europe and its links to atmospheric circulation

Z Bešťáková, J Kyselý, O Lhotka… - Earth and Space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We study drying trends across the central latitude strip of Europe (47.5–52.5° N and 2.5–
27.5° E) during 1980–2019 and their links to atmospheric circulation. Daily differences …