Drought is a costly natural hazard with far-reaching impacts on agriculture, ecosystem, water
supply, and socio-economy. While propagating through the water cycle, drought evolves into …

Drought is a common hydrometeorological phenomenon and a pervasive global hazard. As
our climate changes, it is likely that drought events will become more intense and frequent …

A severe agricultural drought swept Central Asia in 2021, causing mass die-offs of crops and
livestock. The anthropogenic contribution to declines in soil moisture in this region over …

Reduced evaporation due to dry soils can affect the land surface energy balance, with
implications for local and downwind precipitation. When evaporation is constrained by soil …

Drought is one of the most complex and harmful natural disasters. A study on the temporal
and spatial patterns and the evolution of drought can provide a scientific basis for predicting …

Reducing the social, environmental, and economic impacts of droughts and identifying
pathways towards drought resilient societies remains a global priority. A common …

Satellite remote sensing provides unprecedented information on near-surface soil moisture
at a global scale, enabling a wide range of studies such as drought monitoring and …

Agricultural drought poses a serious threat to national food security, and the investigation on
the propagation from meteorological to agricultural drought plays an important role in …

Drought in human-dominated environments cannot be seen as a unidirectional hazard as its
characteristics are derived and modified by both natural climate variability and human …

Droughts can cause tremendous losses to agricultural and economic development; humans
have explored many anti-drought measures to mitigate the influence of drought and …