Changes in climate and land use over the Amazon region: current and future variability and trends

JA Marengo, CM Souza Jr, K Thonicke… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
This paper shows recent progress in our understanding of climate variability and trends in
the Amazon region, and how these interact with land use change. The review includes an …

[PDF][PDF] Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts.

JA Marengo, JC Espinoza - International Journal of Climatology, 2016 - researchgate.net
This paper reviews recent progress in the study and understanding of extreme seasonal
events in the Amazon region, focusing on drought and floods. The review includes a history …

Deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon from 2001 to 2020: Impacts on rainfall variability and land surface temperature

RM da Silva, AG Lopes, CAG Santos - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deforestation and fires in the Amazon are serious problems affecting climate, and land use
and land cover (LULC) changes. In recent decades, the Amazon biome area has suffered …

Contrasting North–South changes in Amazon wet-day and dry-day frequency and related atmospheric features (1981–2017)

JC Espinoza, J Ronchail, JA Marengo, H Segura - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
This study provides an updated analysis of the evolution of seasonal rainfall intensity in the
Amazon basin, considering the 1981–2017 period and based on HOP (interpolated HYBAM …

A linked vulnerability and resilience framework for adaptation pathways in remote disadvantaged communities

YT Maru, MS Smith, A Sparrow, PF Pinho… - Global Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
We develop a systems framework for exploring adaptation pathways to climate change
among people in remote and marginalized regions. The framework builds on two common …

Drought and society: Scientific progress, blind spots, and future prospects

E Savelli, M Rusca, H Cloke… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human activities have increasingly intensified the severity, frequency, and negative impacts
of droughts in several regions across the world. This trend has led to broader scientific …

Two contrasting severe seasonal extremes in tropical South America in 2012: flood in Amazonia and drought in northeast Brazil

JA Marengo, LM Alves, WR Soares… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Two simultaneous extreme events affected tropical South America to the east of the Andes
during the austral summer and fall of 2012: a severe drought in Northeast Brazil and intense …

Severe droughts reduce river navigability and isolate communities in the Brazilian Amazon

L Santos de Lima, FEO Silva… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
The Amazon basin is experiencing severe droughts that are expected to worsen with climate
change. Riverine communities are especially vulnerable to these extreme events. This study …

Ecosystem‐based management of Amazon fisheries and wetlands

M Goulding, E Venticinque, MLB Ribeiro… - Fish and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Infrastructure development and overfishing in the Amazon make it imperative to define
adequate scales for the ecosystem‐based management of commercial fisheries and the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent extremes of drought and flooding in Amazonia: vulnerabilities and human adaptation

JA Marengo, LS Borma, DA Rodríguez, P Pinho… - 2013 - scirp.org
The present study focuses on the impacts of extreme drought and flooding situations in
Amazonia, using level/discharge data from some rivers in the Amazon region as indicators …