Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …

The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

We evaluate and compare the simulation of summer precipitation in China and the East
Asian summer monsoon (EASM) by eight climate models from Phase 6 of the Coupled …

Abstract The Paris Agreement aims to limit global mean surface warming to less than 2° C
relative to pre-industrial levels,,. However, we show this target is acceptable only for humid …

China has experienced substantial changes in vegetation cover, with a 10% increase in the
leaf area index and an~ 41.5 million-hectare increase in forest area since the 1980s. Earlier …

This study analyzes areal changes and regional climate variations in global semi-arid
regions over 61 years (1948–2008) and investigates the dynamics of global semi-arid …

An extreme (weather or climate) event is generally defined as the occurrence of a value of a
weather or climate variable above (or below) a threshold value near the upper (or lower) …

This article reviews recent literature on drought of the last millennium, followed by an update
on global aridity changes from 1950 to 2008. Projected future aridity is presented based on …

Drought over East Asia: A Review in: Journal of Climate Volume 28 Issue 8 (2015) Jump to
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neither our probability quantification nor our compositing methodology quantifies the
amplitude of extreme ridging events. Because we do not explicitly consider geopotential …