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Australia's Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change [PDF]

We examine the characteristics and causes of southeast Australia's Tinderbox Drought (2017 to 2019) that preceded the Black Summer fire disaster. The Tinderbox Drought was characterized by cool season rainfall deficits of around −50% in three consecutive
Pitman, Andy J., Devkota, Anjana, Stojanovic, Milica, Abram, Nerilie, Ukkola, Anna M., Parker, Tess, Rifai, Sami W, Rome, Kathleen, Power, Scott B., Abram, Nerilie J., Evans, Jason P., Falster, Georgy, Jin, Chenhui, Gallant, Ailie J. E., Evans, J. P., Stojanovic, Milicia, Rome, Kathleen S., Rauniyar, Surendra, Ukkola, Anna, Falster, Georgina M., Abramowitz, Gab, Coats, Sloan, Rauniyar, Surendra P., Hobeichi, Sanaa, Taschetto, Andrea S., Holgate, Chiara M., Gillett, Zoe E., Holgate, Chiara, Rifai, Sami W., Devanand, Anjana, Mu, Mengyuan, Vogel, Elisabeth, Pitman, A. J.   +32 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
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How Does Extreme Drought Affect Phytoplankton Community Assembly in Aquatic Reserves? A Study from the Confluence of Poyang Lake and Yangtze River, China

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Extreme drought events, intensified by climate change, critically threaten aquatic ecosystem stability by restructuring phytoplankton communities. However, the mechanisms underlying drought-driven community assembly remain poorly understood.
Yufei Jiang, Wenting Shen, Lei Fang, Bao Zhang, Chiping Kong, Wei Zhang, Qun Xu   +6 more
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Global Energy Corporations and Climate Change: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Shaping Climate Change Risk Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines climate change risk disclosure in the global energy sector, where firms face intense stakeholder scrutiny and legitimacy pressures. We develop a novel domain‐specific textual analysis measure to capture climate change risk disclosures, improving on prior approaches based on generic environmental terminology.
Khaldoon Albitar, Ali Meftah Gerged
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The response of meteorological drought to extreme climate in the water-receiving area of the Tao river diversion project in China

Scientific Reports
Against the backdrop of increasing global extreme climate events, the water-receiving area of the Tao River Diversion Project in China frequently experiences drought disasters.
Huimin Hou, Di Lu, Dongmeng Zhou, Junxing Bai, Feng Guo, Changjie Chen, Junde Wang, Yufei Cheng, Zhiqiang Bao, Haohao Li   +9 more
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Soil-atmosphere compound extreme droughts have become more frequent and severe in China over the past four decades

Weather and Climate Extremes
Soil drought and atmospheric drought can have devastating impacts on ecosystems and society. In this study, by employing copula models, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling, we reveal the occurrence characteristics and driving factors ...
Guizeng Qi, Jinxi Song, Dunxian She, Shouzhi Chen, Yufeng Gong, Hongying Bai, Jun Xia, Yongshuo H. Fu   +7 more
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Effect of drought stress on yield, proline and chlorophyll contents in three chickpea cultivars [PDF]

, 2010
Drought stress is one of the major abiotic stresses in agriculture worldwide. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of drought stress on proline content, chlorophyll content, photosynthesis and transpiration, stomatal conductance and yield
Siosemardeh, A., Mafakheri, A., Struik, P.C., Bahramnejad, B., Sohrabi, Y.   +4 more
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Extreme Drought Becomes Commonplace

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As drought becomes a more regular occurrence, a new study looks at the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation’s preeminent drought classifier, to see how it has reflected climate change since 2000.
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Drought preparedness and response plan

, 2003
Title from PDF cover (viewed Feb.
Connecticut. Interagency Drought Work Group.
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