Broad threat to humanity from cumulative climate hazards intensified by greenhouse gas emissions

C Mora, D Spirandelli, EC Franklin, J Lynham… - Nature climate …, 2018 - nature.com
The ongoing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is triggering changes in many climate
hazards that can impact humanity. We found traceable evidence for 467 pathways by which …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme weather and societal impacts in the eastern Mediterranean

A Hochman, F Marra, G Messori, JG Pinto… - Earth System …, 2022 - esd.copernicus.org
Gaining a holistic understanding of extreme weather, from its physical drivers to its impacts
on society and ecosystems, is key to supporting future risk reduction and preparedness …

Spatial prediction of flood potential using new ensembles of bivariate statistics and artificial intelligence: A case study at the Putna river catchment of Romania

R Costache, DT Bui - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Flash-flood is considered to be one of the most destructive natural hazards in the world,
which is difficult to accurately model and predict. The objective of the present research is to …

Hydrological performance of the ERA5 reanalysis for flood modeling in Tunisia with the LISFLOOD and GR4J models

E Cantoni, Y Tramblay, S Grimaldi, P Salamon… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study region This study is focused on 6 catchments in Tunisia, in North Africa, under a semi-
arid climate where daily river discharge and precipitation observations are available …

Coupling HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS in rainfall–runoff modeling and evaluating floodplain inundation maps in arid environments: case study of Ain Sefra city, Ksour …

D Abdessamed, B Abderrazak - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Ain Sefra watershed is located in the south-west of Algeria that has an area of 1957 km 2. In
its downstream part located Ain Sefra city where wadi Ain Sefra (junction of wadi Breidj and …

An integrated approach of ground and aerial observations in flash flood disaster investigations. The case of the 2017 Mandra flash flood in Greece

M Diakakis, E Andreadakis, EI Nikolopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract On November 15, 2017, a high intensity convective storm, reaching 300 mm in 13 h
in the core zone of the event, hit the western part of the region of Attica in Greece, causing a …

Riverine anthropogenic litter load to the Mediterranean Sea near the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain

GF Schirinzi, M Köck-Schulmeyer, M Cabrera… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Every year> 4 million tonnes of plastic are estimated to enter the oceans and much of it
comes from land-based sources through rivers and estuaries. To fill the lack of information …

HyMeX: A 10-year multidisciplinary program on the Mediterranean water cycle

P Drobinski, V Ducrocq, P Alpert… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Mediterranean countries are experiencing important challenges related to the water
cycle, including water shortages and floods, extreme winds, and ice/snow storms, that …

Flood susceptibility map** utilizing the integration of geospatial and multivariate statistical analysis, Erbil area in Northern Iraq as a case study

A Ahmed, A Al Maliki, B Hashim, D Alshamsi… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Climate extreme events such as floods and droughts in any area have a significant impact
on human life, infrastructure, agriculture, and the economy. In the last two years, flash floods …

Extreme precipitation events in the Middle East: dynamics of the Active Red Sea Trough

AJ de Vries, E Tyrlis, D Edry, SO Krichak… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Active Red Sea Trough (ARST) is an infrequent weather phenomenon that is
associated with extreme precipitation, flash floods, and severe societal impacts in the Middle …