Human activities have increasingly intensified the severity, frequency, and negative impacts
of droughts in several regions across the world. This trend has led to broader scientific …

Freshwater ecosystem services are negatively affected by factors such as climate change
(eg changes in temperature, precipitation, and sea level rise) and human interventions (eg …

Irrigation water use represents the primary source of freshwater consumption by humans.
The amount of water withdrawals for agricultural purposes is expected to further increase in …

Drought and water stress negatively affect many human activities, with agriculture playing a
crucial role in ensuring food security. The drought vulnerability assessment of agricultural …

Rivers are subject to increasing human pressure, resulting in a loss of their natural
characteristics, further enhanced by climate change. The present study focuses on a …

Based on the physical and geographical conditions, the Baltic Region is categorised as a
humid climate zone. This means that, there is usually more precipitation than evaporation …

Meteorological drought is defined as the event that arises when precipitation is lower than
average and initially affects rainfed crops; this is transformed into hydrological drought when …

Studies on the impacts of drought usually make the implicit assumption that there will always
be a negative effect on the environment, the economy and society. However, other …

Drought frequency and intensity is expected to increase in many regions worldwide, and
water shortages could become more extreme, even in humid temperate climates. To protect …

In the last few decades, agricultural drought (Ag. D) has seriously affected crop production
and food security worldwide. In Hungary, little research has been carried out to assess the …