drought

Patricia Helpap recently published her Master thesis work in AGU Advances (Helpap et al., 2026). She contrasted the droughts of the recent past (2000-2024) versus an extended context, covering the past 600 years and the unforced atmospheric variability, represented by an ensemble of twenty 600-year simulations that together span the range of possible “realisations” of the inherently chaotic climate.

Context Useful drought projections have to go beyond analysing trends in precipitation. The timing of precipitation events, trends in temperature and incoming solar radiation, and changes in snow accumulation and snowmelt jointly determine drought impacts.

Context Useful drought projections have to go beyond analysing trends in precipitation. The timing of precipitation events, trends in temperature and incoming solar radiation, and changes in snow accumulation and snowmelt jointly determine drought impacts.

Context Useful drought projections have to go beyond analysing trends in precipitation. The timing of precipitation events, trends in temperature and incoming solar radiation, and changes in snow accumulation and snowmelt jointly determine drought impacts.

Global drought variability of past centuries remains poorly understood due to sparse instrumental records and limited paleoclimate …

Ich bin besorgt über die aktuelle Trockenheit, und vor allem wie in der Schweiz oft mit dem Problem zunehmender Trockenheit als Folge des Klimawandels umgegangen wird. Den Optimismus, der von einem Experten diesem News-Beitrag von SRF (link) versprüht wurde, kann ich nicht teilen.

Abstract In 2023, the biogeographic Amazon experienced temperature anomalies of 1.5°C above the 1991–2020 average from September to …

The Earth is greening in many regions under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, along with increasing temperature and land use …

Responses of the terrestrial biosphere to rapidly changing environmental conditions are a major source of uncertainty in climate …

Summary Accounting for water limitation is key to determining vegetation sensitivity to drought. Quantifying water limitation effects …