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Teleconnections between ocean–atmosphere circulations and historical integrated drought in the Middle East and North Africa
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with extreme water scarcity worldwide, drought significantly impacts various aspects of the local people....
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Anthropogenic and atmospheric variability intensifies flash drought episodes in South Asia
Flash droughts are abrupt and rapid intensification of droughts that affect agriculture, water, and ecosystems and are commonplace in South Asia....
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Long-term monitoring and evaluation of drought and determining the accuracy of its indicators in western Iran
The identification and evaluation of drought events are essential to prevent and reduce their effects. This event is usually monitored and evaluated...
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Extreme heat and drought typical of an end-of-century climate could occur over Europe soon and repeatedly
Extreme heat and drought typical of an end-of-century climate could soon occur over Europe, and repeatedly. Despite the European climate being...
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Extreme drought triggers parallel shifts in wood anatomical and physiological traits in upper treeline of the Mediterranean Andes
BackgroundTreeline ecotones of Mediterranean ecoregions have been affected by the increasing intensity and severity of droughts. Even though the...
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Winter snow deficit was a harbinger of summer 2022 socio-hydrologic drought in the Po Basin, Italy
Snow in mountainous regions is a key water resource from local to continental scales. However, the link between increasingly frequent snow droughts...
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Assessment of drought conditions and prediction by machine learning algorithms using Standardized Precipitation Index and Standardized Water-Level Index (case study: Yazd province, Iran)
Drought as a natural phenomenon has always been a serious threat to regions with hot and dry climates. One of the major effects of drought is the...
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Understanding the Water Quality Dynamics in a Large Tropical Reservoir Under Hydrological Drought Conditions
Severe drought is widely recognized for its impact on water quantity, but its equally consequential role in degrading water quality often goes...
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Spatio-temporal drought assessment of the Subarnarekha River basin, India, using CHIRPS-derived hydrometeorological indices
Precipitation studies have a crucial role in deciphering climate change and monitoring natural disasters such as droughts. Such studies lead to...
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Trend Analysis of Drought Events Over the Sirohi District in Western Rajasthan of India
The present study aims to assess the drought trends, seasonal and annual rainfall patterns at multiple time scales using Mann–Kendall and Sen’s slope...
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Integrated assessment of drought vulnerability for water resources management of Bina basin in Central India
Drought is an extreme event and its frequency is expected to increase in future under the imminent threats of climate change. The areas vulnerable to...
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Fallow Agriculture and Climatic Stress Independently Predict Migration During Syria’s 2006-10 Drought
A recent study made available data on Syrian agricultural fallowness in the 11 years preceding the onset of the Syrian Civil War. This analysis...
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Anticipating drought-related food security changes
Food insecurity early warning can provide time to mitigate unfolding crises; however, drought remains a large source of uncertainty. The challenge is...
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Temporal climate conditions and spatial drought patterns across rangelands in pastoral areas of West Guji and Borana zones, Southern Ethiopia
Climate change and its variability adversely impact pastoral livelihoods, and understanding climate variability and its change is important to deduce...
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Agricultural drought assessment and monitoring using MODIS-based multiple indices: the case of North Wollo, Ethiopia
Agriculture is the most sensitive sector which has largely been affected by the impacts of drought. The study aims to detect and characterize...
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Drought Monitoring for Fragmented Forest Landscapes Using MODIS and CHIRPS Data: Implications for Forest Restoration and Management in Northern Ethiopia
Global climate change is expected to produce large shifts in vegetation distributions at unprecedented rates. This study aimed to explore the effect...
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Impact assessment of drought monitoring events and vegetation dynamics based on multi-satellite remote sensing data over Pakistan
Drought is a complex hazard caused by the disruption of rainwater balance, and it always has an impact on ecological, farming and socio-economic. In...
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Improving multi-month hydrological drought forecasting in a tropical region using hybridized extreme learning machine model with Beluga Whale Optimization algorithm
Climate change has increased drought frequency globally, which harms the environment, agriculture, and water resources. This study explores the...
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Assessing sand dams for contributions to local water security and drought resilience in the semi-arid eastern Shashe catchment, Zimbabwe
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of droughts in semi-arid regions. Small-scale water storage can help build drought...
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Non-parametric severity-duration-frequency analysis of drought based on satellite-based product and model fusion techniques
Climate change has increased the severity and frequency of droughts over the last decades. To alleviate the adverse impacts of droughts, an effective...
