Results show a substantial variations of land use transfer between scenarios with major from barren land to crop land, for the whole future period (2015–2100). Although SSP4-3.4 project the least transfer. Population and GDP show a relationship with cropland and barren land. The greatest ...
In 2023 alone, of the four U.S. flooding events that caused more than a billion-dollar economic loss, three occurred in the eastern U.S4. With flood exposure projected to increase due to climate change and population growth5,6, predicting how different characteristics of this hazard (e.g....
The seven urban agglomerations are located in the main floodplains of China, and have suffered severe flood losses during historical periods. Besides, these seven urban agglomerations account for 54% of China’s population and 67% of its GDP (Supplementary Table 1). Therefore, the seven urban ...
2019). A food crisis normally occurs when a significant portion of a population faces acute food insecurity, leading to widespread hunger and malnutrition (Das 2021). These crises can have devastating effects on public health, economic stability, social structures, which results in recurrent food ...
Population projections coupled with SLR vulnerability estimates predict that 4.2 to 13.1 million people are at risk of coastal inundation from SLR by 2100 in the United States alone (Hauer et al., 2016), with associated mass population movements that would disrupt social systems far removed from ...
in South Africa will have to be increased by such measures to be able to meet and sustain the demands of the rapidly growing population. Based on this scenario, the question which arises is how is South Africa going to solve the issues of meeting the increase in the demand for agricultural...
Sensitivity analysis using different population structures resulted in differences in time to elimination (range -10 years to +27 years) compared with status quo predictions. Interpretation: The USA is on track to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem in the next two to three ...
Flash floods are largely driven by high rainfall rates in convective storms that are projected to increase in frequency and intensity in a warmer climate in the future. However, quantifying the changes in future flood flashiness is challenging due to the lack of high-resolution climate simulations...
Historical changes in habitat range sizes With moderate impacts on the habitat ranges of most species’ up until the industrial revolution, the expansion of agricultural production and settlements alongside the rise in population growth since the early 1800 s has drastically reduced range sizes of ...
of the population in the MENA region (roughly 600 million people) could be exposed to recurring super- and ultra-extreme heatwaves, which will feature air temperatures up to 56 °C and higher lasting for several weeks at a time, in the second half of this century21. Even though the arid...