Precipitation alone does not properly characterize vegetation water stresses. Indeed, water needs of plants or crops to maintain their physiological processes – the evapotranspiration – depends on ...

Classification of the world’s regions classification according to aridity index values, territorial distribution of ethnographic groups (eHRAF) according to GREG polygons (Geo-Referencing of Ethnic ...

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 ...

Even as dramatic water-related disasters such as floods and storms intensified in some parts of the world, more than three-quarters of Earth’s land became permanently drier in recent decades, UN ...