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 …

Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …

Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

Groundwater, the largest available store of global freshwater, is relied upon by more than
two billion people. It is therefore important to quantify the spatiotemporal interactions …

Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways.
Many of these impacts are associated with hydrological drought (drought in rivers, lakes …

Abstract Groundwater in sub-Saharan Africa supports livelihoods and poverty alleviation,,
maintains vital ecosystems, and strongly influences terrestrial water and energy budgets. Yet …

This review examines the role of the atmospheric evaporative demand (AED) in drought.
AED is a complex concept and here we discuss possible AED definitions, the subsequent …

In the current human-modified world, or Anthropocene, the state of water stores and fluxes
has become dependent on human as well as natural processes. Water deficits (or droughts) …

Drought monitoring and early warning (M & EW) systems are a crucial component of drought
preparedness. M & EW systems typically make use of drought indicators such as the …

Impacts of a drought are generally dependent on the severity of the hydrological drought
event, which can be expressed by streamflow drought duration or deficit volume. For …