Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes

MTH Van Vliet, J Thorslund, M Strokal… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change and extreme weather events (such as droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and
floods) pose serious challenges for water management, in terms of both water resources …

Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

Y Nie, HD Pritchard, Q Liu, T Hennig, W Wang… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in the Himalaya–Karakoram mountain ranges harbour approximately half
of the ice volume in High-mountain Asia and modulate the flow of freshwater to almost 869 …

Climate change increases global risk to urban forests

M Esperon-Rodriguez, MG Tjoelker, J Lenoir… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change threatens the health and survival of urban trees and the various benefits
they deliver to urban inhabitants. Here, we show that 56% and 65% of species in 164 cities …

Anthropogenic drought: Definition, challenges, and opportunities

A AghaKouchak, A Mirchi, K Madani, G Di Baldassarre… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

Removal of natural organic matter in drinking water treatment by coagulation: A comprehensive review

M Sillanpää, MC Ncibi, A Matilainen, M Vepsäläinen - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM) is a complex matrix of organic substances produced in (or
channeled to) aquatic ecosystems via various biological, geological and hydrological cycles …

Hydrological drought explained

AF Van Loon - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways.
Many of these impacts are associated with hydrological drought (drought in rivers, lakes …

Advanced oxidation processes for the removal of natural organic matter from drinking water sources: A comprehensive review

M Sillanpää, MC Ncibi, A Matilainen - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM), a key component in aquatic environments, is a complex
matrix of organic substances characterized by its fluctuating amounts in water and variable …

Future drought risk in Africa: Integrating vulnerability, climate change, and population growth

A Ahmadalipour, H Moradkhani, A Castelletti… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drought risk refers to the potential losses from hazard imposed by a drought event, and it is
generally characterized as a function of vulnerability, hazard, and exposure. In this study …

Global flood risk under climate change

Y Hirabayashi, R Mahendran, S Koirala… - Nature climate …, 2013 - nature.com
A warmer climate would increase the risk of floods. So far, only a few studies, have projected
changes in floods on a global scale. None of these studies relied on multiple climate …

Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

ZW Kundzewicz, S Kanae, SI Seneviratne… - Hydrological …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …