Compound heat and moisture extreme impacts on global crop yields under climate change

C Lesk, W Anderson, A Rigden, O Coast… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Extreme heat, drought and moisture excess are increasingly co-occurring within a single
growing season, impacting crop yields in global breadbasket regions. In this Review, we …

Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world

X Lian, S Piao, A Chen, C Huntingford, B Fu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Drylands are an essential component of the Earth System and are among the most
vulnerable to climate change. In this Review, we synthesize observational and modelling …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti… - Climate change 2021 …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks

JG Canadell, PMS Monteiro, MH Costa… - Climate change 2021 …, 2023 - cambridge.org
It is unequivocal that the increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4)
and nitrous oxide (N2O) since the pre-industrial period are caused by human activities. The …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
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 …

Observed increases in extreme fire weather driven by atmospheric humidity and temperature

P Jain, D Castellanos-Acuna, SCP Coogan… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent increases in regional wildfire activity have been linked to climate change. Here, we
analyse trends in observed global extreme fire weather and their meteorological drivers from …

Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change

JMC Denissen, AJ Teuling, AJ Pitman, S Koirala… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Terrestrial ecosystems are essential for food and water security and CO2 uptake. Ecosystem
function is dependent on the availability of soil moisture, yet it is unclear how climate change …

Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change

Y Pokhrel, F Felfelani, Y Satoh, J Boulange… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Terrestrial water storage (TWS) modulates the hydrological cycle and is a key determinant of
water availability and an indicator of drought. While historical TWS variations have been …

Anthropogenic intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes

HJ Fowler, G Lenderink, AF Prein, S Westra… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Short-duration (1–3 h) rainfall extremes can cause serious damage to societies
through rapidly develo** (flash) flooding and are determined by complex, multifaceted …

Soil hydrology in the Earth system

H Vereecken, W Amelung, SL Bauke… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Soil hydrological processes (SHP) support ecosystems, modulate the impact of climate
change on terrestrial systems and control feedback mechanisms between water, energy and …