Drought conditions continue to be the dominate weather concern across much of the United States (Figure 1). Even parts of the southern and eastern corn belt have turned dry as the drought high pressure in Texas has expanded northward. Drought has become a dominate factor in the cattle areas ...
de Medeiros FJ, de Oliveira CP, Santos e Silva CM, de Araújo JM (2020) Numerical simulation of the circulation and tropical teleconnection mechanisms of a severe drought event (2012–2016) in Northeastern Brazil. Clim Dyn 54:4043–4057. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05213-6 Article ...
seed priming75, high temperatures76, and drought. It is now recognized that the essence of the “optimal developmental temperature hypothesis” proposed by Zamudio et al. and Huey, R.B. in the last century77is, in fact, hormesis. This hypothesis suggests...
And as the winter weather was setting in with cold blasts and gusty winds just around the corner, the Chicago Cubs of the “Windy City” ended their 108-year drought in November, beating the Cleveland Indians in seven games to claim their first world championship since 1908 in the 112th Wo...
Extreme heat undermines the working capacity of individuals, resulting in lower productivity, and thus economic output. Here we analyse the present and future economic damages due to reduced labour productivity caused by extreme heat in Europe. For the a
Guinness is not sold back into the market (pubs). In theory Guinness could charge a much higher price for a pint which would may reduce and demand – however a Veblen Good’s demand curve slopes upwards. With some pubs starring at drought conditions they settled on issuing customer rationing...
Variety adaptation to future climate for wheat is important but lacks comprehensive understanding. Here, we evaluate genetic advancement under current and future climate using a dataset of wheat breeding nurseries in North America during 1960-2018. Resul
Record Casualties From Drought In The Middle East: On Wednesday, November 7, 2023, a new analysis by the World Weather Attribution organization, that catastrophic droughts in Syria, Iraq, and Iran since 2020 have not been caused by human-induced global warming. High temperatures since 2020 would...
Brazilian sugarcane plantations are also subject to damage by abiotic stress. Among adverse environmental factors, drought is the most common, especially in the North and Northeastern regions and in some Central-South states. In the more southern states of the country, growers deal with low temperat...
Chen, L., M. G. Zhang, J. Zhu, Y. W. Wang, and A. Skorokhod, 2018: Modeling impacts of urbanization and urban heat island mitigation on boundary layer meteorology and air quality in Beijing under different weather conditions.J. Geophys. Res.,123, 4323–4344,https://doi.org/10.1002/...