This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

The regions of the world where average precipitation is between one fifth and half of the
potential plant water demand are termed 'semi-arid'. They make up 15.2% of the global land …

Average climatic events describe the occurrence of weather or climate at an average value,
whereas extreme events are defined as events that exceed the upper or lower threshold …

Abstract The Vegetation Health Index (VHI) has been widely used for monitoring and
characterising droughts. This index takes into account ecosystem features in terms of …

Natural disasters may act as harmful causes of food insecurity in the Middle East. Frequent
drought events, water scarcity, and unsustainable intensive agricultural practices may …

This paper analyses the observed spatiotemporal characteristics of drought phenomenon in
Syria using the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Standardised Precipitation …

Drought indices are essential metrics for quantifying drought severity and identifying
possible changes in the frequency and duration of drought hazards. In this study, we …

Globally, the area of agricultural land is shrinking in part due to environmental degradation.
Acquisition and restoration of degraded lands no longer used for agriculture may present a …

Detecting change-points and trends are common tasks in the analysis of remote sensing
data. Over the years, many different methods have been proposed for those purposes …

Future climate change scenarios predict that warming may increase drought stress over
northern China, causing ecological deterioration and food insecurity. Water use efficiency …