Understanding and attribution of extreme heat and drought events in 2022: current situation and future challenges

L Zhang, X Yu, T Zhou, W Zhang, S Hu… - Advances in Atmospheric …, 2023 - Springer
Extreme weather events and their consequential impacts have been a key feature of the
climate in recent years in many parts of the world, with many partly attributed to ongoing …

How unusual is the 2022 European compound drought and heatwave event?

KP Tripathy, AK Mishra - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2022 Compound Drought and Heatwave (CDHW) caused widespread crop
damage, water shortages, and wildfires across Europe. Our study analyzed this event's …

Why the 2022 Po River drought is the worst in the past two centuries

A Montanari, H Nguyen, S Rubinetti, S Ceola… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The causes of recent hydrological droughts and their future evolution under a changing
climate are still poorly understood. Banking on a 216-year river flow time series at the Po …

[HTML][HTML] The Triticeae CBF Gene Cluster—To Frost Resistance and Beyond

G Caccialupi, J Milc, F Caradonia, MF Nasar, E Francia - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pivotal role of CBF/DREB1 transcriptional factors in Triticeae crops involved in the
abiotic stress response has been highlighted. The CBFs represent an important hub in the …

Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought

E Bevacqua, O Rakovec, DL Schumacher… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In 2022, Europe faced an extensive summer drought with severe socioeconomic
consequences. Quantifying the influence of human-induced climate change on such an …

Drought characteristics in Mediterranean under future climate change

YH Essa, M Hirschi, W Thiery, AM El-Kenawy… - Npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
The present work aims to address the physical properties of different drought types under
near-future climates in the Mediterranean. To do so, we use a multi-model mean of the bias …

Record-shattering 2023 Spring heatwave in western Mediterranean amplified by long-term drought

M Lemus-Canovas, D Insua-Costa, RM Trigo… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
The western Mediterranean region experienced an exceptional and unprecedented early
heatwave in April 2023. By shattering historical temperature records, especially in the …

Record-breaking persistence of the 2022/23 marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea

S Marullo, F Serva, R Iacono… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Since May 2022, the Mediterranean Sea has been experiencing an exceptionally
long marine heatwave event. Warm anomalies, mainly occurring in the Western basin, have …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid beech decline under recurrent drought stress: Individual neighborhood structure and soil properties matter

G Schmied, H Pretzsch, D Ambs, E Uhl… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the summer of 2022, an acute drought once more afflicted central and southern
Europe. This marked the third episode (after 2015 and 2018) of severe aridity in large parts …

Evolution of marine heatwaves in warming seas: the Mediterranean Sea case study

J Martínez, FE Leonelli, E García-Ladona… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Anomalous warming of the upper ocean is increasingly being observed in the
Mediterranean Sea. Extreme events, known as marine heatwaves (MHWs), can have a …