Desertification in karst is an effect of climate change and not sustainable anthropogenic
activities, the combination of which, however, causes the gradual loss of karst natural …

Global change encompasses changes in the characteristics of inter-related climate variables
in space and time, and derived changes in terrestrial processes, including human activities …

Internationally, there is increasing responsibility on local governments to prepare and adapt
to global climate change through climate adaptation planning. This study evaluated seven …

Most studies on the impact of climate change on regional water resources focus on long-
term average flows or mean water availability, and they rarely take the effects of altered …

The images or other third party material in this book are included in the work's Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if such material is not …

This review summarizes recent research in Australia on:(i) climate and geophysical trends
over the last few decades;(ii) projections for climate change in the 21st century;(iii) predicted …

Alterations to the natural flow regime affect the structure and function of rivers and wetlands
and contribute to loss of biodiversity worldwide. Although the effects of flow regulation have …

This paper presents results from a modelling study carried out to investigate whether the
calibrated parameter values for rainfall–runoff models based on historical observed data can …

In this study data from 8 catchments in the Shiyang river basin in the arid region of northwest
China were analysed to investigate changes in annual streamflow over the past 50years …

Two standard Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation
Analysis (TMPA) products, 3B42RT and 3B42V6, were quantitatively evaluated in the …