Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

G Zittis, M Almazroui, P Alpert, P Ciais… - Reviews of …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

Climate change and interconnected risks to sustainable development in the Mediterranean

W Cramer, J Guiot, M Fader, J Garrabou… - Nature Climate …, 2018‏ - nature.com
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 …

Global urban population exposure to extreme heat

C Tuholske, K Caylor, C Funk… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - National Acad Sciences
Increased exposure to extreme heat from both climate change and the urban heat island
effect—total urban warming—threatens the sustainability of rapidly growing urban …

Mediterranean olive orchards under climate change: A review of future impacts and adaptation strategies

H Fraga, M Moriondo, L Leolini, JA Santos - Agronomy, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is an ancient traditional crop in the Mediterranean Basin.
In the Mediterranean region, traditional olive orchards are distinguishable by their prevailing …

Climate change caused by renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and economic growth: A time series ARDL analysis for Turkey

H Acaroğlu, M Güllü - Renewable Energy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper focuses on climate change in Turkey caused by energy consumption using an
Autoregressive Distributed Lag and Toda-Yamamoto causality analysis. The motivation and …

Climate drivers of the 2017 devastating fires in Portugal

M Turco, S Jerez, S Augusto, P Tarín-Carrasco… - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
A record 500,000 hectares burned in Portugal during the extreme wildfire season of 2017,
with more than 120 human lives lost. Here we analyse the climatic factors responsible for the …

Synergies between Urban Heat Island and Heat Waves in Athens (Greece), during an extremely hot summer (2012)

D Founda, M Santamouris - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Heat waves (HWs) are recognized as a serious threat for human health worldwide, with
urban areas being more vulnerable due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect and population …

[HTML][HTML] Strongly increasing heat extremes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in the 21st century

J Lelieveld, Y Proestos, P Had**icolaou, M Tanarhte… - Climatic Change, 2016‏ - Springer
The ensemble results of CMIP5 climate models that applied the RCP4. 5 and RCP8. 5
scenarios have been used to investigate climate change and temperature extremes in the …

A decade of weather extremes

D Coumou, S Rahmstorf - Nature climate change, 2012‏ - nature.com
The ostensibly large number of recent extreme weather events has triggered intensive
discussions, both in-and outside the scientific community, on whether they are related to …

The hot summer of 2010: redrawing the temperature record map of Europe

D Barriopedro, EM Fischer, J Luterbacher, RM Trigo… - Science, 2011‏ - science.org
The summer of 2010 was exceptionally warm in eastern Europe and large parts of Russia.
We provide evidence that the anomalous 2010 warmth that caused adverse impacts …