Climate change and weather extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

G Zittis, M Almazroui, P Alpert, P Ciais… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observation‐based and modeling studies have identified the Eastern Mediterranean and
Middle East (EMME) region as a prominent climate change hotspot. While several initiatives …

Trends in temperature and precipitation extremes in historical (1961–1990) and projected (2061–2090) periods in a data scarce mountain basin, northern Pakistan

N Saddique, A Khaliq, C Bernhofer - Stochastic Environmental Research …, 2020 - Springer
This study investigates the trends of precipitation and temperature extremes for the historical
observations (1961–1990) and future period (2061–2090) in the Jhelum River Basin. Future …

Analyzing and modeling the spatial-temporal changes and the impact of GLOTI index on precipitation in the Marmara region of Türkiye

M Aalijahan, A Karataş, AR Lupo, B Efe… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Precipitation is a particularly important part of the Earth's hydrological cycle and, therefore, is
a necessary variable for maintaining natural balance. This study investigated past, present …

Understanding the effect of heat stress during seed filling on nutritional composition and seed yield in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

P Devi, R Awasthi, U Jha, KD Sharma, PVV Prasad… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing temperature affects all food crops, thereby reducing their yield potential.
Chickpea is a cool-season food legume vital for its nutritive value, but it is sensitive to high …

Extreme winter cold-induced osmoregulatory, metabolic, and physiological responses in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) acclimatized at different salinities

MJ Islam, A Kunzmann, MJ Slater - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite climate-change challenges, for most aquaculture species, physiological responses
to different salinities during ambient extreme cold events remain unknown. Here, European …

What metabolic, osmotic and molecular stress responses tell us about extreme ambient heatwave impacts in fish at low salinities: The case of European seabass …

MJ Islam, MJ Slater, A Kunzmann - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Unprecedented shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns in recent decades place
multiple abiotic stressors on the fish. In teleosts, metabolic, osmoregulatory, and molecular …

Projections of precipitation and temperature in Southern Iraq using a LARS-WG Stochastic weather generator

RM Khalaf, HH Hussein, WH Hassan… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2022 - Elsevier
Iraq is located in the Middle East, a climatic region distinguished by arid and semi-arid
environments and which is expected being more susceptible to possible effects of global …

Tropical nights on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, 1950-2014

JO Cantos, R Serrano-Notivoli, J Miró… - Climate …, 2019 - int-res.com
The increase in the number of tropical nights (TN; minimum temperature‡ 20 C) constitutes
important evidence of the global warming process throughout the Mediterranean region. A …

Drought responses and their effects on radial stem growth of two co-occurring conifer species in the Mediterranean mountain range

A Güney, R Zweifel, S Türkan, R Zimmermann… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message Patterns of stem radial variations showed that Cedrus libani A. Rich. was less
limited by summer drought than co-occurring Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb. Cedrus libani …

Particulate phosphorus in runoff in a Mediterranean agroforestry catchment driven by land use and rainfall characteristics

MC Ramos, I Lizaga, L Gaspar… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined phosphorus (P) delivery and transport in flood events in an agroforestry
catchment, with cropland and forestland as the main land uses. Sediments were collected in …