The imbalance of the Asian water tower

T Yao, T Bolch, D Chen, J Gao, W Immerzeel… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalayan system, named the Third Pole because it
is the largest global store of frozen water after the polar regions, provides a reliable water …

Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and intensity

AF Feldman, X Feng, AJ Felton, AG Konings… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Regardless of annual rainfall amount changes, daily rainfall events are becoming more
intense but less frequent with anthropogenic warming. Larger rainfall events and longer dry …

The economic commitment of climate change

M Kotz, A Levermann, L Wenz - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Global projections of macroeconomic climate-change damages typically consider impacts
from average annual and national temperatures over long time horizons,,,,–. Here we use …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme weather impacts of climate change: an attribution perspective

B Clarke, F Otto, R Stuart-Smith… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme event attribution aims to elucidate the link between global climate change, extreme
weather events, and the harms experienced on the ground by people, property, and nature …

A warming-induced reduction in snow fraction amplifies rainfall extremes

M Ombadi, MD Risser, AM Rhoades, C Varadharajan - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The intensity of extreme precipitation events is projected to increase in a warmer climate,,,–,
posing a great challenge to water sustainability in natural and built environments. Of …

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 …

Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods

B Merz, G Blöschl, S Vorogushyn, F Dottori… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Disastrous floods have caused millions of fatalities in the twentieth century, tens of billions of
dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this …

The Pakistan flood of August 2022: causes and implications

JS Nanditha, AP Kushwaha, R Singh, I Malik… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The risk of floods has increased in South Asia due to high vulnerability and exposure. The
August 2022 Pakistan flood shows a glimpse of the enormity and devastation that can further …

Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability

H Tabari - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases
the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however …

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 …