Exceptional drought events, known as megadroughts, have occurred on every continent
outside Antarctica over the past~ 2,000 years, causing major ecological and societal …

By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …

近几十年来, 在全球变化和社会经济高速发展的影响下, 全球环境问题尤为突出.
其中最为严峻的问题之一是干旱的频繁发生. 干旱已经成为全球性的问题, 由干旱 …

Quantifying the spatial and interconnected structure of regional to continental scale droughts
is one of the unsolved global hydrology problems, which is important for understanding the …

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) …

This paper presents a comprehensive review and analysis of the available literature and
information on droughts to build a continental, regional and country level perspective on …

Sahel rainfall is dynamically linked to the global Hadley cell and to the regional monsoon
circulation. It is therefore susceptible to forcings from remote oceans and regional land alike …

This article reviews recent literature on drought of the last millennium, followed by an update
on global aridity changes from 1950 to 2008. Projected future aridity is presented based on …

Whether the characteristics of tropical cyclones have changed or will change in a warming
climate—and if so, how—has been the subject of considerable investigation, often with …

Climate variations influenced the agricultural productivity, health risk, and conflict level of
preindustrial societies. Discrimination between environmental and anthropogenic impacts …