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Mediterranean forest area on the rise but increasingly in jeopardy climate change, wildfires and water scarcity drive forest degradation. The Mediterranean forest area has increased by two percent between 2010 and 2015, resulting in a rise of 1.8 million hectares…...
Raymond F, Drobinski F, Ullmann Albin, Camberlin P (2018) Extreme dry spells over the Mediterranean Basin during the wet season: Assessment of HyMeX/Med-CORDEX regional climate simulations (1979–2009). Int. J. Climatol., 1–16. DOI: 10.1002/joc.5487 KEYWORDS extreme dry spells, HyMeX/Med-CORDEX, Mediterranean Basin,…...
Several scientific papers on climate change and health have recently been published: Rohat G, Flacke J, Dosio A, Pedde S, Dao H, van Maarseveen M (2019) Influence of changes in socioeconomic and climatic conditions on future heat-related health challenges in Europe. Global…...
Mathbout S, Lopez-Bustins JA, Martin-Vide J, Bech J, Rodrigo FS (2018) Spatial and temporal analysis of drought variability at several time scales in Syria during 1961–2012. Atmospheric Research. 200,153-168 ABSTRACT This paper analyses the observed spatiotemporal characteristics of drought phenomenon in…...
At a Glance Only 19 of the 52 glaciers that were in the Pyrenees in 1850 are gone, most since 1980. In Spain, only a handful of glaciers remain, with Monte Perdido and Maladeta being the largest of them. By 2009, 90…...
Tramblay Y, Somot S (2018) Future evolution of extreme precipitation in the Mediterranean. Climatic Change, 151, 2, 289–302 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2300-5 ABSTRACT Mediterranean basins can be impacted by severe floods caused by extreme rainfall, and there is a growing awareness about the possible increase in…...