Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways.
Many of these impacts are associated with hydrological drought (drought in rivers, lakes …

Soil moisture is a key variable of the climate system. It constrains plant transpiration and
photosynthesis in several regions of the world, with consequent impacts on the water …

An extreme (weather or climate) event is generally defined as the occurrence of a value of a
weather or climate variable above (or below) a threshold value near the upper (or lower) …

Efficiently reducing natural hazard risks requires a thorough understanding of the costs of
natural hazards. Current methods to assess these costs employ a variety of terminologies …

This study systematically analyzes the complete IPCC AR4 (CMIP3) ensemble of GCM
simulations with respect to changes in extreme event characteristics at the end of the 21st …

Drought comprehensively affects different interlinked aspects of the terrestrial water cycle,
which have so far been mostly investigated without direct comparison. Resolving the …

Central Europe was characterized by a humid-temperate climate in the 20th century. Climate
change projections suggest that climate in this area will shift towards warmer temperatures …

Two multi-scalar drought indices, the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the
Standardized Precipitation–Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), were used to study secular …

Droughts are a specific type of natural hazard. Economic assessments of drought impacts
require a framework capable of accounting for its unique and particular characteristics …

An overabundance of evidence, both observational and from model projections, indicate that
changes to the climate system are taking place at unprecedented rates. Although the …