The 2018–2020 multi‐year drought sets a new benchmark in Europe

O Rakovec, L Samaniego, V Hari, Y Markonis… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During the period 2018–2020, Europe experienced a series of hot and dry weather
conditions with significant socioeconomic and environmental consequences. Yet, the …

Assessing the impacts of agricultural drought (SPI/SPEI) on maize and wheat yields across Hungary

S Mohammed, K Alsafadi, GO Enaruvbe, B Bashir… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This study examined the physical properties of agricultural drought (ie, intensity, duration,
and severity) in Hungary from 1961 to 2010 based on the Standardized Precipitation Index …

European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland

ER Frei, MM Gossner, Y Vitasse, V Queloz… - Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During the particularly severe hot summer drought in 2018, widespread premature leaf
senescence was observed in several broadleaved tree species in Central Europe …

[HTML][HTML] Floods and droughts: a multivariate perspective

MI Brunner - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
Multivariate or compound hydrological-extreme events such as successive floods, large-
scale droughts, or consecutive drought-to-flood events challenge water management and …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons from the 2018–2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management

V Blauhut, M Stoelzle, L Ahopelto… - … hazards and earth …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
Drought events and their impacts vary spatially and temporally due to diverse pedo-climatic
and hydrologic conditions, as well as variations in exposure and vulnerability, such as …

Tree crown defoliation in forest monitoring: concepts, findings, and new perspectives for a physiological approach in the face of climate change

F Bussotti, N Potočić, V Timmermann… - … Journal of Forest …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recurrent climate-driven disturbances impact on the health of European forests that reacted
with increased tree dieback and mortality over the course of the last four decades. There is …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term drought intensification over Europe driven by the weakening trend of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

M Ionita, V Nagavciuc, P Scholz, M Dima - Journal of Hydrology: Regional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study region Europe, with a particular focus on the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, and
Norway. Study focus Long-lasting droughts have become a semi-permanent feature of the …

Increasing footprint of climate warming on flash droughts occurrence in Europe

J Shah, V Hari, O Rakovec, Y Markonis… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Flash droughts are caused by a rapid depletion of soil moisture, and they severely affect
vegetation growth and agricultural production. Notwithstanding the growing importance of …

The first high spatial resolution multi-scale daily SPI and SPEI raster dataset for drought monitoring and evaluating over China from 1979 to 2018

R Zhang, VA Bento, J Qi, F Xu, J Wu, J Qiu, J Li… - Big Earth …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Precipitation
Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), traditionally derived at a monthly scale, are widely used …

Central European 2018 hot drought shifts scots pine forest to its tipping point

S Haberstroh, C Werner, M Grün, J Kreuzwieser… - Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence of hot drought, ie low water availability and simultaneous high air
temperature, represents a severe threat to ecosystems. Here, we investigated how the 2018 …