Droughts and heatwaves cause agricultural loss, forest mortality, and drinking water scarcity, especially when they occur simultaneously as combined events. Their predicted increase in …
The year 2022 saw record breaking temperatures in Europe during both summer and fall. Similar to the recent 2018 drought, close to 30%(3.0 million km2) of the European continent …
Unprecedented heatwave-drought concurrences in the past two decades have been reported over inner East Asia. Tree-ring–based reconstructions of heatwaves and soil …
Recent temperature extremes have shattered previously observed records, reaching intensities that were inconceivable before the events. Could the possibility of an event with …
Abstract Purpose of Review Atmospheric blocking events represent some of the most high- impact weather patterns in the mid-latitudes, yet they have often been a cause for concern in …
AF Van Loon - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways. Many of these impacts are associated with hydrological drought (drought in rivers, lakes …
The Russian heatwave in 2010 killed tens of thousands of people, and was by far the worst event in Europe since at least 1950, according to recent studies and a novel universal …
Compound and cascading natural hazards usually cause more severe impacts than any of the single hazard events alone. Despite the significant impacts of compound hazards, many …
Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus …