This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

The Pantanal region in South America is one of the world's largest wetlands. Since 2019, the
Pantanal has suffered a prolonged drought that has spelled disaster for the region, and …

Satellite based remote sensing offers one of the few approaches able to monitor the spatial
and temporal development of regional to continental scale droughts. A unique element of …

We evaluated the response of the Earth land biomes to drought by correlating a drought
index with three global indicators of vegetation activity and growth: vegetation indices from …

Some disturbances can drive ecological systems to abrupt shifts between alternative stages
(tipping points) when critical transitions occur. Drought‐induced tree death can be …

Drought has broad and deep impacts on vegetation. Studies on the effects of drought on
vegetation have been conducted over years. Recently, the cumulative effect of drought is …

Aim The intensity and frequency of drought have increased considerably during recent
decades in some Northern Hemisphere forested areas, and future climate warming could …

Quantitative understanding of vegetation vulnerability under drought stress is essential to
initiating drought preparedness and mitigation. In this study, a bivariate probabilistic …

In this study, the authors provide a global assessment of the performance of different drought
indices for monitoring drought impacts on several hydrological, agricultural, and ecological …