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 the need for agricultural adaptation

R Anderson, PE Bayer, D Edwards - Current opinion in plant biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Climate Change places food security at risk, particularly in the develo**
world.•Climates zones are predicted to shift poleward, altering the distribution of highly …

[PDF][PDF] Land–climate interactions

ÉL Davin - 2022 - boris.unibe.ch
Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Drought characteristics and dominant factors across China: Insights from high-resolution daily SPEI dataset between 1979 and 2018

L Wan, VA Bento, Y Qu, J Qiu, H Song… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought, a complex phenomenon exacerbated by climate change, is influenced by various
climate factors. The escalating global temperatures associated with climate change, impact …

Public health implications of drought in a climate change context: a critical review

C Salvador, R Nieto, SM Vicente-Serrano… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Extreme weather events are expected to increase due to climate change, which could pose
an additional burden of morbidity and mortality. In recent decades, drought severity has …

A comprehensive assessment of remote sensing and traditional based drought monitoring indices at global and regional scale

N Alahacoon, M Edirisinghe - Geomatics, Natural Hazards and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports a comprehensive review on drought indices used in monitoring
meteorological, agricultural, hydrological, and socio-economic drought. Drought indices …

Breeding for drought and heat tolerance in wheat

P Langridge, M Reynolds - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2021 - Springer
Key message Many approaches have been adopted to enhance the heat and drought
tolerance of wheat with mixed success. An assessment of the relative merits of different …

Unraveling the influence of atmospheric evaporative demand on drought and its response to climate change

SM Vicente‐Serrano, TR McVicar… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review examines the role of the atmospheric evaporative demand (AED) in drought.
AED is a complex concept and here we discuss possible AED definitions, the subsequent …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing transitions through socio-technical configuration analysis–a methodological framework and a case study in the water sector

J Heiberg, B Truffer, C Binz - Research Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Classic accounts of transitions research have predominantly built on reconstructions of
historical transition processes and in-depth case studies to identify and conceptualize socio …