Rural communities in the Horn of Africa Drylands (HADs) are increasingly vulnerable to multi-season droughts due strong dependence livelihoods on seasonal rainfall. We analyzed multiple observational rainfall data sets for recent decadal trends mean and extreme rainfall, as well satellite-derived terrestrial water storage soil moisture arising from two key seasons across various subregions HAD....

terminal drought stress during grain filling period has recently become more common in the semiarid mediterranean regions, where wheat (triticum aestivum) is grown as an important winter cereal crop. the objective of this experiment was to study the effect of terminal drought stress on grain yield, gas exchange variables, and some physiological traits of nine bread wheat cultivars. an experimen...

Research on ecosystem and societal response to global environmental change typically considers the effects of shifts in mean climate conditions. There is, however, some evidence of ongoing changes also in the variance of hydrologic and climate fluctuations. A relatively high interannual variability is a distinctive feature of the hydrologic regime of dryland regions, particularly at the desert ...

Declines in terrestrial water storage (TWS) exacerbate regional scarcity and global sea level rise. Increasing evidence has shown that recent TWS declines are substantial ecologically fragile drylands, but the mechanism remains unclear. Here, by synergizing satellite observations model simulations, we quantitatively attribute trends during 2002–2016 major climate zones to three mechanistic driv...

Global dryland areas are vulnerable to climate change and anthropogenic activities, making it essential understand the primary drivers quantify their effects on vegetation growth. In this study, we used Time Series Segmented Residual Trends (TSS-RESTREND) method attribute changes in CO2, land use, change, variability Chinese American areas. Our analysis showed that both drylands have undergone ...

There is an enormous stress on livelihood analysis of rural communities and their economies. Village common property resources (CPRs) have played a substantial economic role for the sustenance in rural areas of the drylands. The CPRs of drylands of western Rajasthan shows a varied range of habitats due to strong functional disparities in topographic, geomorphological, climatic, edaphic and phys...

In 2050, Mexico’s population will reach 150 million people, about 80% of whom will likely live in urban centers. This increase in population will necessitate increased food production in the country. The lands classified as drylands in Mexico occupy approximately 101.5 million hectares, or just over half the territory, limiting the potential for agricultural expansion. In addition to the proble...

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degradation, poverty, safeguarding biodiversity, and protecting the culture of 2.5 billion people can b...