Drought Archives - Climate Attribution

Impacts of extreme climate on Australia’s green cover (2003–2018): A MODIS and mascon probe

Published:April 2021

Author(s):A. Saleem, J.L. Awange, M. Kuhn, B. John, K. Hua

Publisher:Elsevier

This study investigates the effects of extreme climate on Australia's green cover during 2003–2018 for the end of rainy seasons of April and October in the northern and southern parts, respectively.Read More →

Combined Impacts of Warm Central Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures and Anthropogenic Warming on the 2019 Severe Drought in East China

Published:October 2020

Author(s):Shuangmei Ma, Congwen Zhu, Juan Liu

Publisher:Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Warm central equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature and anthropogenic warming were possibly responsible for the severe drought that occurred in East China from August to October 2019. Read More →

State of the Climate: National Climate Report

Published:July 2020

Author(s):National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Publisher:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the climate in the United States by month, including data on precipitation, drought, and temperature and how it compares to national averages. Read More →

Physical Understanding of Human-Induced Changes in U.S. Hot Droughts Using Equilibrium Climate Simulations

Published:July 2019

Author(s):Linyin Cheng, Martin Hoerling, Zhiyong Liu, Jon Eischeid

Publisher:Journal of Climate

Summertime drought–heat-wave relationships have changed significantly over the southern and southwestern United States because of anthropogenic climate change since the late nineteenth century.Read More →

Concurrent 2018 Hot Extremes Across Northern Hemisphere Due to Human‐Induced Climate Change

Published:June 2019

Author(s):M. M. Vogel, J. Zscheischler, R. Wartenburger, D. Dee, S. I. Seneviratne

Publisher:AGU

Results show the 2018 north hemispheric concurrent heat events were influenced by anthropogenic warming and further reveal that the average high-exposure area to concurrent warm and hot spells in the Northern Hemisphere will increase with warming.Read More →

Twentieth-Century Hydroclimate Changes Consistent with Human Influence

Published:May 2019

Author(s):Kate Marvel, Benjamin I. Cook, Céline J. W. Bonfils, Paul J. Durack, Jason E. Smerdon, A. Park Williams

Publisher:Nature

This study reconstructs the Palmer drought severity index obtained with data from tree rings, demonstrating that human activities were probably affecting the worldwide risk of droughts as early as the beginning of the twentieth century. Read More →

Deadly Weather: The Human Cost of 2018’s Climate Disasters — Visual Guide

Published:December 2018

Author(s):Daniel Levitt, Peter Andringa, Frank Hulley-Jones, Lydia Smears, Jonathan Watts

Publisher:The Guardian

This article describes the climate disasters that the world experienced in 2018 by month, including extreme temperatures in Europe, drought in Argentina, flooding in India, and hurricanes and wildfires in the United States.Read More →

A Multimethod Attribution Analysis of the Prolonged Northeast Brazil Hydrometeorological Drought (2012–16)

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Eduardo S. P. R. Martins, Caio A. S. Coelho, Rein Haarsma, Friederike E. L. Otto, Andrew D. King, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Sarah Kew, Sjoukje Philip, Francisco C. Vasconcelos Júnior, Heidi Cullen

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Northeast Brazil experienced profound water shortages in 2016 due to a five-year drought. Using multiple methods, the article could not find sufficient evidence that anthropogenic climate change increased drought risk.Read More →

Future Changes in Event Attribution Methodologies

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Peter A. Stott, Nikos Christidis, Stephanie C. Herring, Andrew Hoell, James P. Kossin, Carl J. Schreck III

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

This report covers a range of events, including rain storms, droughts, tropical storms, and wildfires, as well as heat waves. Read More →

Anthropogenic Intensification of Southern African Flash Droughts as Exemplified by the 2015/16 Season

Published:January 2018

Author(s):Xing Yuan, Linying Wang, Eric F. Wood

Publisher:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Flash drought over southern Africa was tripled during the last 60 years mainly due to anthropogenic climate change, and it was intensified during 2015/16 in the midst of heat waves.Read More →

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