Authors
Yves Tramblay, Aristeidis Koutroulis, Luis Samaniego, Sergio M Vicente-Serrano, Florence Volaire, Aaron Boone, Michel Le Page, Maria Carmen Llasat, Clement Albergel, Selmin Burak, Maxime Cailleret, Ksenija Cindrić Kalin, Hendrik Davi, Jean-Luc Dupuy, Peter Greve, Manolis Grillakis, Lahoucine Hanich, Lionel Jarlan, Nicolas Martin-StPaul, Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, Florent Mouillot, David Pulido-Velazquez, Pere Quintana-Seguí, Delphine Renard, Marco Turco, Murat Türkeş, Ricardo Trigo, Jean-Philippe Vidal, Alberto Vilagrosa, Mehrez Zribi, Jan Polcher
Publication date
2020/11/1
Source
Earth-Science Reviews
Volume
210
Pages
103348
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas in which irrigation plays an important role and in which natural vegetation has been modified or is subject to water stress. The purpose of this review is to provide an assessment of the complexity of the drought phenomenon in the Mediterranean region and present various perspectives on drought in the present and under future climate change scenarios. The projections of various model experiments on future climate change scenarios strongly agree on an increased frequency and severity of droughts in the Mediterranean basin. Nevertheless, given the complexity of the phenomenon, with different types of droughts and complex interrelated impacts, significant future uncertainties remain. For example, uncertainties are stronger for …
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