Blooming under Mediterranean climate: estimating chill and heat requirements of almond and apple trees (article)

Abstract: Climate change, and specifically global temperature increase, is expected to alter plant phenology. Temperate deciduous fruit trees have cultivar-specific chill and heat requirements to break dormancy and bloom. In this…

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A millennium-long reconstruction of damaging hydrological events across Italy (article)

Abstract Damaging hydrological events are extreme phenomena with potentially severe impacts on human societies. Here, we present the hitherto longest reconstruction of damaging hydrological events for Italy, and for the…

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Projections of fire danger under climate change over France: where do the greatest uncertainties lie? (article)

AbstractGlobal warming is expected to increase droughts and heatwaves, and consequently fire danger in southern Europe in the forthcoming decades. However, an assessment of the uncertainties associated with this general…

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