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 …

Severe droughts in North Africa: A review of drivers, impacts and management

M Tanarhte, AJ De Vries, G Zittis, T Chfadi - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last 50 years, various parts of North Africa (NAF) have suffered devastating droughts,
associated with high socio-economic impacts. This arid to semi-arid region is one of the …

Evolution and prediction of drought-flood abrupt alternation events in Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin, China

J Ren, W Wang, J Wei, H Li, X Li, G Liu, Y Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought-flood abrupt alternation (DFAA) as a compound natural disaster can cause severe
socioeconomic loss and environmental destruction. Under climate change, the Huang-Huai …

Future projections of Mediterranean cyclone characteristics using the Med-CORDEX ensemble of coupled regional climate system models

M Reale, WD Cabos Narvaez, L Cavicchia, D Conte… - Climate dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Here, we analyze future projections of cyclone activity in the Mediterranean region at the
end of the twenty-first century based on an ensemble of state-of-the-art fully-coupled …

The impact of climate change on the storm surges of the Mediterranean Sea: Coastal sea level responses to deep depression atmospheric systems

CV Makris, K Tolika, VN Baltikas, K Velikou… - Ocean Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to systematically assess the impacts of projected climate change on
episodic events of sea level elevation in coastal areas of the Mediterranean, induced by …

The impact of different aerosol layering conditions on the high-resolution MODIS/MAIAC AOD retrieval bias: The uncertainty analysis

I Rogozovsky, K Ohneiser, A Lyapustin… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Mediterranean/Middle East (EMME) region belongs to one of the most
polluted and vulnerable to climate change related areas in the world. To monitor these …

Variations of compound warm, dry, wet, and cold climate extremes in India during 1951 to 2014

S Rehana, V Nannaka, SK Mummidivarapu - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The simultaneous occurrence of climate extremes significantly impacts ecosystems,
increasing the vulnerability to physical risks. Despite extensive research on hot extremes …

Location-aware adaptive normalization: a deep learning approach for wildfire danger forecasting

MHS Eddin, R Roscher, J Gall - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Climate change is expected to intensify and increase extreme events in the weather cycle.
Since this has a significant impact on various sectors of our life, recent works are concerned …

Precursors of summer heat waves in the Eastern Mediterranean

CI Garfinkel, D Rostkier‐Edelstein… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reanalysis and observational data are used to identify the precursors of summertime heat
waves over the Eastern Mediterranean. After compiling a list of heat waves using objective …

Compounding impacts of COVID-19, cyclone and price crash on vanilla farmers' food security and natural resource use

H Rakoto Harison, JP Herrera, OS Rakotonarivo - PLoS One, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic with other crises can amplify vulnerabilities and
push communities further into poverty. In low-income countries, the dual impacts of COVID …