Flash droughts, characterized by rapid onset and increasing frequency, pose significant threats to ecosystem stability and function. However, there remains no global consensus regarding forest responses to flash droughts. Here, using a reconstructed ...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Oct 10, 2025
Effective delineation of Agricultural Drought Hazard (ADH) zones is crucial for mitigating crop losses and ensuring water security in semi-arid regions. Conventional agricultural drought assessment methods, reliant on single-index approaches or stati...
BACKGROUND: Drought is a global challenge that severely restricts crop yields and threatens food security. Plants respond to drought stress by modulating gene expression before visible phenotypic changes occur. However, most studies of drought resist...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Sep 8, 2025
To a large extent, the food security and ecological balance of a region, particularly in agriculturally dominated areas, largely depend on the sustainable use and management of groundwater resources. However, in recent times, both natural and human-d...
Early detection of drought stress is critical for taking timely measures for reducing crop loss before the drought impact becomes irreversible. The subtle phenotypical and physiological changes in response to drought stress are captured by non-invasi...
Accurate drought prediction is essential for proactive water management and agricultural planning, especially in regions like Ethiopia that are highly susceptible to climate variability. This study investigates the classification of the Palmer Drough...
Drought is a critical risk factor that impacts rice growth and yields. Previous studies have focused on the regulatory roles of individual transcription factors in response to drought stress. However, there is limited understanding of multi-factor st...
Increased drought frequency and severity in a warming climate threaten the health and stability of forest ecosystems, influencing the structure and functioning of forests while having far-reaching implications for global carbon storage and climate re...
Analyzing the impacts of climate change (CC) and human activities (HA) on hydrological events is important for water resource management. This study quantifies the impacts of CC and HA on runoff and hydrological drought characteristics (HDC) in the Y...
Under the increasing pressure of global climate change, water conservation (WC) in semi-arid regions is experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. WC involves complex, nonlinear interactions among ecosystem components like vegetation, soil structur...
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