The South Asian summer monsoon is a complex coupled human‐natural system that poses
unique challenges for understanding its evolution alongside increasing anthropogenic …

Many of the decisions relating to future urban development require information on climate
change risks to cities This review of the academic and “grey” literature provides an overview …

A changing climate can lead to changes in the frequency, intensity or duration of an extreme
event, or result in an 3 unprecedented, previously unobserved, extreme. As well, a weather …

Background Climate change in the Himalayas, a biodiversity hotspot, home of many sacred
landscapes, and the source of eight largest rivers of Asia, is likely to impact the well-being …

The Greater Himalayas hold the largest mass of ice outside polar regions and are the source
of the 10 largest rivers in Asia. Rapid reduction in the volume of Himalayan glaciers due to …

Several models have been fitted in the past to smooth time-series vegetation index data from
different satellite sensors to estimate vegetation phenological parameters. However …

Drought characteristics for the Indian monsoon region are analyzed using two different
datasets and standard precipitation index (SPI), standardized precipitation …

Climate projections for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) are made using the newly developed representative concentration …

Climate change can be particularly hard-hitting for small underdeveloped countries, relying
heavily on natural resources for the economy and livelihoods. Nepal is one among these …

The impacts of climate change on the global hydrological cycle are expected to vary the
patterns of demand and supply of water for agriculture-the dominant user of freshwater. The …