Anthropogenic shift towards higher risk of flash drought over China

X Yuan, L Wang, P Wu, P Ji, J Sheffield… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Flash droughts refer to a type of droughts that have rapid intensification without sufficient
early warning. To date, how will the flash drought risk change in a warming future climate …

Global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence

JI Christian, JB Basara, ED Hunt, JA Otkin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Flash drought is characterized by a period of rapid drought intensification with impacts on
agriculture, water resources, ecosystems, and the human environment. Addressing these …

Accelerating flash droughts induced by the joint influence of soil moisture depletion and atmospheric aridity

Y Qing, S Wang, BC Ancell, ZL Yang - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of flash drought has attracted widespread attention due to its rapid onset.
However, little is known about the recent evolution of flash droughts in terms of the speed of …

A global transition to flash droughts under climate change

X Yuan, Y Wang, P Ji, P Wu, J Sheffield, JA Otkin - Science, 2023 - science.org
Flash droughts have occurred frequently worldwide, with a rapid onset that challenges
drought monitoring and forecasting capabilities. However, there is no consensus on whether …

A multivariate flash drought indicator for identifying global hotspots and associated climate controls

S Mukherjee, AK Mishra - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The significant impact of flash droughts (FDs) on society can vary based on a combination of
FD characteristics (event counts, mean severity, and rate of intensification), which is largely …

Two types of flash drought and their connections with seasonal drought

L Wang, X Yuan - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2018 - search.proquest.com
Flash drought is a rapidly intensifying drought with abnormally high temperature, which has
greatly threatened crop yields and water supply, and aroused wide public concern in a …

Anthropogenic speeding up of South China flash droughts as exemplified by the 2019 Summer‐Autumn transition season

Y Wang, X Yuan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of flash drought has raised widespread attention due to its rapid
development and devastating impacts, but whether climate change affects its evolution and …

Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate

JI Christian, ER Martin, JB Basara, JC Furtado… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Flash drought, characterized by unusually rapid drying, can have substantial impact on
many socioeconomic sectors, particularly agriculture. However, potential changes to flash …

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 …

Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction

AG Pendergrass, GA Meehl, R Pulwarty… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Flash droughts are a recently recognized type of extreme event distinguished by sudden
onset and rapid intensification of drought conditions with severe impacts. They unfold on …