**njiang, China, is a representative arid region in Central Asia that is characterized by a
unique mountain–basin structure and fragile mountain–oasis–desert ecosystems. Climate …

The unprecedented pressure posed by a growing population on water resources generates
a significant shortage between the available resources and water demand, which together …

The recent dry and warm years in Europe are often assessed as extreme in terms of socio-
economic and environmental losses. However, the impact of a drought is a function of its …

Soil moisture is a key variable of the climate system. It constrains plant transpiration and
photosynthesis in several regions of the world, with consequent impacts on the water …

Many physical, chemical and biological processes taking place at the land surface are
strongly influenced by the amount of water stored within the upper soil layers. Therefore …

Precipitation downscaling improves the coarse resolution and poor representation of
precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the likely hydrological …

This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

There has been a long debate on the extent to which precipitation relies on terrestrial
evaporation (moisture recycling). In the past, most research focused on moisture recycling …

Instrumental observations, and reconstructions, of global and hemispheric temperature
evolution reveal a pronounced warming during the past∼ 150 years. One expression of this …

Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations are expected to enhance the interannual
variability of summer climate in Europe,, and other mid-latitude regions,, potentially causing …