Climate change is drastically altering the frequency, duration, and severity of compound
drought‐heatwave (CDHW) episodes, which present a new challenge in environmental and …

Oceanic heat sources disturb the atmosphere, which, to come back to its initial state,
disperses waves. These waves affect the climate in remote regions, characterizing the …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the annual standardized precipitation index (SPI)
obtained from the DrinC software based on multivariate analysis in the identification of …

Future climate scenarios point to an increase in the frequency of extreme droughts events,
even in humid biomes. Throughout the 21st century, large areas of the Amazon basin …

Biomass burning in the Brazilian Amazon is modulated by climate factors, such as droughts,
and by human factors, such as deforestation, and land management activities. The increase …

According to the latest global and regional circulation models, the probability of occurrence
of large heat waves (HWs), such as the 2003 European or the 2010 Russian events will …

Abstract The Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) is considered the most floristically diverse
savanna in the world, home to more than seven thousand species. The region is a mosaic of …

The effect of multiyear La Niña (LN) events on precipitation in South America (SA) was
assessed considering 10 persistent LN events over two successive years, referred to as Y1 …

A significant fraction of Brazil's population has been exposed to drought in recent years, a
situation that is expected to worsen in frequency and intensity due to climate change. This …

The laminated sedimentary sequence of Ecuador's Laguna Pallcacocha is one of the most
widely cited proxy records of Holocene El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability …