Recent accelerated climate change has exacerbated existing environmental problems in the
Mediterranean Basin that are caused by the combination of changes in land use, increasing …

The greatest impacts of climate change on ecosystems, wildlife and humans often arise from
extreme events rather than changes in climatic means. Northern high latitudes, including the …

Global warming is anticipated to intensify the hydrological cycle. However, this is neither
expected to be globally uniform nor is the relationship between temperature increase and …

Atmospheric humidity, clouds, precipitation, and evapotranspiration are essential
components of the Arctic climate system. During recent decades, specific humidity and …

Precipitation events are expected to become substantially more intense under global
warming, but few global comparisons of observations and climate model simulations are …

Rising propensity of precipitation extremes and concomitant decline of summer-monsoon
rains are amongst the most distinctive hydroclimatic signals that have emerged over South …

Mediterranean basins can be impacted by severe floods caused by extreme rainfall, and
there is a growing awareness about the possible increase in these heavy rainfall events due …

Long-term climate change and decadal variability in the Mediterranean region during 1860–
2100 are investigated based on observational data and the newly available Coupled Model …

The effect of increased populations concentrated in urban areas, coupled with the ongoing
threat of climate change, means that society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the …

Global warming is expected to intensify the Earth's hydrological cycle and increase flood
and drought risks. Changes over the 21st century under two warming scenarios in different …