Dryland climate change: Recent progress and challenges
Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …
The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States
We synthesize insights from current understanding of drought impacts at stand‐to‐
biogeographic scales, including management options, and we identify challenges to be …
biogeographic scales, including management options, and we identify challenges to be …
Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability
Europe's recent summer droughts have had devastating ecological and economic
consequences, but the severity and cause of these extremes remain unclear. Here we …
consequences, but the severity and cause of these extremes remain unclear. Here we …
Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to an emerging North American megadrought
Severe and persistent 21st-century drought in southwestern North America (SWNA)
motivates comparisons to medieval megadroughts and questions about the role of …
motivates comparisons to medieval megadroughts and questions about the role of …
Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context
JE Keeley, AD Syphard - Fire Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Background California in the year 2020 experienced a record breaking number of large
fires. Here, we place this and other recent years in a historical context by examining records …
fires. Here, we place this and other recent years in a historical context by examining records …
Unprecedented 21st century heat across the Pacific Northwest of North America
Extreme summer temperatures are increasingly common across the Northern Hemisphere
and inflict severe socioeconomic and biological consequences. In summer 2021, the Pacific …
and inflict severe socioeconomic and biological consequences. In summer 2021, the Pacific …
Higher frequency of Central Pacific El Niño events in recent decades relative to past centuries
El Niño events differ substantially in their spatial pattern and intensity. Canonical Eastern
Pacific El Niño events have sea surface temperature anomalies that are strongest in the far …
Pacific El Niño events have sea surface temperature anomalies that are strongest in the far …
Understanding cultural persistence and change
We examine a determinant of cultural persistence that has emerged from a class of models
in evolutionary anthropology: the similarity of the environment across generations. Within …
in evolutionary anthropology: the similarity of the environment across generations. Within …
Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era
Climate model projections suggest widespread drying in the Mediterranean Basin and
wetting in Fennoscandia in the coming decades largely as a consequence of greenhouse …
wetting in Fennoscandia in the coming decades largely as a consequence of greenhouse …
Little change in global drought over the past 60 years
Drought is expected to increase in frequency and severity in the future as a result of climate
change, mainly as a consequence of decreases in regional precipitation but also because of …
change, mainly as a consequence of decreases in regional precipitation but also because of …