Compound heat and moisture extreme impacts on global crop yields under climate change

C Lesk, W Anderson, A Rigden, O Coast… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Extreme heat, drought and moisture excess are increasingly co-occurring within a single
growing season, impacting crop yields in global breadbasket regions. In this Review, we …
X Pi, Q Luo, L Feng, Y Xu, J Tang, X Liang… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Lakes are important natural resources and carbon gas emitters and are undergoing rapid
changes worldwide in response to climate change and human activities. A detailed global …

Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world

X Lian, S Piao, A Chen, C Huntingford, B Fu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Drylands are an essential component of the Earth System and are among the most
vulnerable to climate change. In this Review, we synthesize observational and modelling …

Decline in Iran's groundwater recharge

R Noori, M Maghrebi, S Jessen, SM Bateni… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Groundwater recharge feeds aquifers supplying fresh-water to a population over 80 million
in Iran—a global hotspot for groundwater depletion. Using an extended database …

Managing land carrying capacity: Key to achieving sustainable production systems for food security

X Wang - Land, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Many previous studies have estimated the carrying capacity and feasible planetary
boundaries for humankind. However, less attention has been given to how we will …

Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

WW Immerzeel, AF Lutz, M Andrade, A Bahl… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and
anthropogenic water demands,. They are highly sensitive and prone to climate change,, yet …

South-to-North Water Diversion stabilizing Bei**g's groundwater levels

D Long, W Yang, BR Scanlon, J Zhao, D Liu… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Groundwater (GW) overexploitation is a critical issue in North China with large GW level
declines resulting in urban water scarcity, unsustainable agricultural production, and …