Extreme rainfall erosivity: Research advances and future perspectives

Y Zhao, D Zhu, Z Wu, Z Cao - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Extreme rainfall erosivity, the capacity of intense rainfall to induce soil erosion, is vital for
anticipating future impacts on soil conservation. Despite extensive research, significant …

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 …

Precipitation and potential evapotranspiration temporal variability and their relationship in two forest ecosystems in Greece

S Stefanidis, V Alexandridis - Hydrology, 2021 - mdpi.com
The assessment of drought conditions is important in forestry because it affects forest growth
and species diversity. In this study, temporal variability and trends of precipitation (P) …

Spatiotemporal changes in precipitation concentration over Iran during 1962–2019

M Darand, F Pazhoh - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Due to global warming, precipitation concentration is expected to change, and extreme
weather events are likely to occur more frequently. This study investigates the …

A STIRPAT-based investigation on the role of economic growth, urbanization, and energy consumption in shaping a sustainable environment in the Mediterranean …

R Ulucak, F Erdogan, SH Bostanci - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The Mediterranean region is highly vulnerable to undesired consequences of global
warming triggered by industrialization, urbanization, and mostly fossil energy consumption …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in compound monthly precipitation and temperature extremes and their relationship with teleconnection patterns in the Mediterranean

M Lemus-Canovas - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Compound extremes have increasingly become the focus of research in recent years, due to
the strong impact they have upon society and ecosystems. Few studies, however, address …

Precipitation dynamics and its interactions with possible drivers over global highlands

H Abbas, A Hussain, M Xu - Global and Planetary Change, 2024 - Elsevier
The climate and ecosystem in the highland regions are fragile and vulnerable to climate
change. This study used ERA5, CRU, and CHIRPS at 0.5°× 0.5° resolution to assess …

Mediterranean moth diversity is sensitive to increasing temperatures and drought under climate change

B Uhl, M Wölfling, C Bässler - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change affects ecosystems worldwide and is threatening biodiversity. Insects, as
ectotherm organisms, are strongly dependent on the thermal environment. Yet, little is …

Artificial intelligent systems optimized by metaheuristic algorithms and teleconnection indices for rainfall modeling: The case of a humid region in the mediterranean …

B Zerouali, CAG Santos, CAS de Farias, RS Muniz… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Characterized by their high spatiotemporal variability, rainfalls are difficult to predict,
especially under climate change. This study proposes a multilayer perceptron (MLP) …

Can renewable energy be used as an effective tool in the decarbonization of the Mediterranean region: fresh evidence under cross-sectional dependence

ZS Ulucak, AG Yucel - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
Many studies in the literature confirm the validity of the technique effect, which improves the
quality of the environment by investigating whether an inverted U-shaped relationship exists …