Crossing certain aridity thresholds in global drylands can lead to abrupt decays of ecosystem attributes such as plant productivity, potentially causing land degradation and desertification. It is ...

A new study provides evidence that extreme aridity in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert began approximately 45 million years ago, thus significantly earlier than previously assumed. The ...

Global drylands are experiencing faster-than-average warming and are also among the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Meteorological metrics all point to an emerging trend of increased ...

A new study indicates that the world will experience more frequent and more extreme drought and aridity than currently experienced in the coming century, exacerbated by both climate change and ...

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The trend towards drier conditions and increased droughts in Germany is the result of simple physical principles and can be clearly attributed to climate change. How dry a region is depends on the ...

In a simulation study, researchers showed that limiting global warming to 1.5°C rather than 2°C will mitigate aridification in some regions of the world including the Mediterranean, western Europe, ...

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Pune: Latest Aridity Anomaly Index maps from India Meteorological Department (IMD) have highlighted severe arid conditions in parts of north and Northeast in recent weeks. The data indicate that ...