Climate change will impact every aspect of biophysical systems and society. However,
unlike other components of the climate system, the impact of climate change on the …

The global water cycle has been profoundly affected by human land–water management. As
the changes in the water cycle on land can affect the functioning of a wide range of …

This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC?... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global …

Abstract North China Plain is the heartland of modern China. This fertile plain has
experienced vast expansion of irrigated agriculture which cools surface temperature and …

Intensive irrigation in India has been demonstrated to decrease surface temperature, but the
influence of irrigation on humidity and extreme moist heat stress is not well understood. Here …

The Ongoing Need for High-Resolution Regional Climate Models: Process Understanding
and Stakeholder Information in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume …

Global warming increases the number and severity of deadly heatwaves. Recent heatwaves
often coincided with soil droughts that intensify air temperature but lower air humidity. Since …

In this study, the climate variability and associated atmospheric water cycle changes in the
Xinjiang (China) over the past five decades (1961–2010) are investigated. The Brubaker …

Irrigation can influence weather and climate, but the magnitude, timing, and spatial extent of
irrigation are poorly represented in models, as are the resulting impacts of irrigation on the …

Warming generally leads to increased evaporative demand, altering the amount of water
needed for growing crops. For the Midwest, some studies have suggested that reaching …