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 …

Water resources are critical to the sustainability of life on Earth. With a growing population
and climate change, it is imperative to assess the security of these resources. Over the past …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

Groundwater drought monitoring relies on ground observation data, which cannot be used
to reflect large-scale droughts in groundwater resources. The Gravity Recovery and Climate …

Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

Groundwater provides nearly half of irrigation water supply, and it enables resilience during
drought, but in many regions of the world, it remains poorly, if at all managed. In heavily …

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 …

Depletion and pollution of groundwater, Earth's largest and most accessible freshwater
stock, is a global sustainability concern. A changing climate, marked by more frequent and …

Data and knowledge of the spatial-temporal dynamics of surface water area (SWA) and
terrestrial water storage (TWS) in China are critical for sustainable management of water …

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission, which was in
operation from March 2002 to June 2017, was the first remote sensing mission to provide …