Compound droughts and hot extremes: Characteristics, drivers, changes, and impacts

Z Hao, F Hao, Y Xia, S Feng, C Sun, X Zhang, Y Fu… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Compound droughts and hot events or extremes (CDHEs) may lead to larger repercussions
than do individual extremes. Due to the disastrous impacts and increased risk of these …

Flash drought: A state of the science review

JI Christian, M Hobbins, A Hoell… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the two decades, since the advent of the term “flash drought,” considerable research has
been directed toward the topic. Within the scientific community, we have actively forged a …

Land-atmosphere coupling speeds up flash drought onset

Y Wang, X Yuan - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Flash drought is a type of drought with rapid onset and great destructiveness, which poses a
serious threat to agriculture, ecosystem, and environment without sufficient early warning …

Combined large-scale tropical and subtropical forcing on the severe 2019–2022 drought in South America

JL Geirinhas, AC Russo, R Libonati… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the frequency and magnitude of dry spells have been recorded over the
past few decades due to an intensification of the global water cycle. A long-term soil drying …

Flash drought early warning based on the trajectory of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

K Mohammadi, Y Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Flash drought often leads to devastating effects in multiple sectors and presents a unique
challenge for drought early warning due to its sudden onset and rapid intensification …

Increased risk of flash droughts with raised concurrent hot and dry extremes under global warming

Z Zeng, W Wu, J Peñuelas, Y Li, W Jiao, Z Li… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Flash droughts pose large threats to crop yields and ecosystem services due to their sudden
onset and rapid intensification, arousing wide public concern in a warming climate. Their …

Increasing risk of simultaneous occurrence of flash drought in major global croplands

SS Mahto, V Mishra - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Simultaneous occurrence of flash drought in major croplands can pose challenges for global
food security. However, drivers of flash drought co-occurrence in the observed and future …

High temperature accelerates onset speed of the 2022 unprecedented flash drought over the Yangtze River Basin

Y Wang, X Yuan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Yangtze River Basin experienced one of the worst flash droughts on record
during 2022 summer, but the relative contributions of precipitation deficit and high …

Future changes in annual runoff and hydroclimatic extremes in the upper Yangtze River Basin

T Wang, R Shi, D Yang, S Yang, B Fang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Yangtze River Basin (UYRB) provides almost half of the total runoff
volume of the entire Yangtze River and is of great importance for the population living in the …

Future global concurrent droughts and their effects on maize yield

D Muthuvel, B Sivakumar, A Mahesha - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Droughts are one of the most devastating natural disasters. Droughts can co-exist in different
forms (eg meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural) as concurrent droughts. Such …