Using Landsat time-series to investigate nearly 50 years of tree canopy cover change across an urban-rural landscape in southern Ontario by Mitchell T. Bonney, Yuhong He

“…We explore TCC changes across landscapes, revealing periods of gain and loss associated with agricultural reforestation (1978–1996), housing development (on-going), drought (late 1990s), emerald ash borer (2010s), an ice storm (2013), and other drivers. …”
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Effect of Planting Density and Harvest Interval on the Leaf Yield and Quality of Moringa (Moringa oleifera) under Diverse Agroecological Conditions of Northern South Africa by M. P. Mabapa, K. K. Ayisi, I. K. Mariga

“…Smallholder livestock farmers who depend on natural communal grazing lands are particularly vulnerable to climate change as well as to food insecurity and should be encouraged to grow drought-tolerant fodder crops. Moringa oleifera is a highly valued plant, due to its exceptionally high nutritional content. …”
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Modeling and predicting of the spatial variations Precipitation cores in Iran by hossein naserzadeh, fariba sayadi, meysam toulabi nejad

“…Another point is that, in addition to reducing the boulders, in the future, drought areas will cover more of the country.…”
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Remote sensing forest health assessment – a comprehensive literature review on a European level by Drechsel Johannes, Forkel Matthias

“…Damage caused by bark beetles and drought were predominantly studied. In most studies only 2 damage levels are classified. …”
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Quantifying the Effect of Soil Ameliorants on Soil Crusting by Means of Field Experiments in a Wildlife Protected Area, South Africa by Anélle Human, Gerhardus P. Nortjé, Michiel C. Laker

“…Negative impacts of soil crusting include reduction of water infiltration, leading to increased runoff and erosion and induced drought; inhibiting soil aeration; inhibiting germination and seedling emergence; and inhibiting root functioning and development. …”
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Spatiotemporal Changes and Frequency Analysis of Multiday Extreme Precipitation in the Huai River Basin during 1960 to 2014 by Yixing Yin, Xin Pan, Xiuqin Yang, Xiaojun Wang, Guojie Wang, Shanlei Sun

“…Floods and droughts are more closely related to the extreme precipitation over longer periods of time. …”
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Role of Environmental Factors in Legume-<i>Rhizobium</i> Symbiosis: A Review by Liudmyla Yeremko, Katarzyna Czopek, Mariola Staniak, Mykola Marenych, Volodymyr Hanhur

“…It highlights the impact of salinity and acidity in limiting nodule development, soil temperature in regulating microbial community dynamics, and moisture availability in modulating metabolic and hormonal responses during drought and waterlogging. Moreover, the role of essential nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and trace elements such as iron, molybdenum, and boron, in optimizing symbiosis is critically analyzed.…”
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Effects of Environmental Variability on the Genus Olea L. by Atayeva Leyla, Ahmadova Sariye, Nasirli Lala, Aghayeva Jamala, Zakharova Gulnar, Mammadova Vagida

“…In Azerbaijan, as well as on the Absheron Peninsula, the pressing problems of our time are climate change, emissions of harmful gases into the atmosphere, high temperatures, changes in groundwater levels, drought and suppression of local flora by introduced invasive species. …”
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The Role of Siak District Library and Archives Office in Disaster Mitigation by Yazid Tantri Puspita, Salam Noor Efni, Iskandar Dahrial, Hardianti Fitri, Elsarena Mai Sela Rosa, Wahidar Tutut Ismi

“…Some disasters that are indicated to have a more frequent frequency level in Siak include floods, extreme weather, extreme heat waves, abrasion, forest and land fires, drought, disease outbreaks, earthquakes to landslides. …”
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The Use of Critical Levels for Determining Plant Response to Ozone in Europe and in North America by Robert C. Musselman, Allen S. Lefohn

“…It appears that cumulative exposure-based metrics, particularly when implemented with a quantification of peak concentrations and environmental variables, such as a drought index, are currently the most useful to relate O3 to vegetation response. …”
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Effect of Abiotic Stresses on the Nondestructive Estimation of Rice Leaf Nitrogen Concentration by Stephan M. Haefele, Joel D. L. C. Siopongco, Serafin T. Amarante, To Phuc Tuong

“…Therefore, we studied the effect of drought, salinity, phosphorus (P) deficiency, and sulfur (S) deficiency on leaf N estimates derived from SPAD and LCC measurements in a greenhouse experiment. …”
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The Role of Polyphenols in Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Their Antioxidant Properties to Scavenge Reactive Oxygen Species and Free Radicals by Muhammad Junaid Rao, Bingsong Zheng

“…We discussed how various abiotic stresses, including heat and chilling stress, drought, salinity, light stress, UV radiation, nanoparticles stress, chemical stress, and heavy metal toxicity, modulate phenylpropanoid metabolism and trigger the accumulation of specific polyphenolic compounds. …”
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Australian water quality trends over two decades show deterioration in the Great Barrier Reef region and recovery in the Murray-Darling Basin by Danlu Guo, Qian Zhang, Camille Minaudo, Rémi Dupas, Clément Duvert, Shuci Liu, Kefeng Zhang, Ulrike Bende-Michl, Anna Lintern

“…The Murray-Darling Basin has decreasing salinity, phosphorus, and sediment, likely driven by effects of a region-scale salinity management interventions and a prolonged drought on catchment processes.…”
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Analysis of the Impact of Reservoir Development on the Availability of Water for Paddy Farming in Sanjai Village, East Sinjai District, Sinjai Regency by La Sumange, Jamal Jamal

“…The results of the study showed that the effect of reservoirs on water availability in addition to increasing farmer productivity can also reduce the risk of agricultural business due to drought and increase opportunities for farming, especially during the dry season. …”
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Place-pedagogies of water stress by Anna Wilson, Gillian Black, Leif Petersen, Liezl Dick, Sikhululekile Ncube, Tsitsi Mpofu-Mketwa, Amber Abrams, Kirsty Carden, Laurence Piper, Jen Dickie, Niall Hamilton-Smith, Guy Lamb

“…The current climate crisis is rendering already drought-prone regions ever drier, and it is often the already socially and economically disadvantaged who experience the most immediate impacts. …”
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The Analysis and modeling of widespread anomalies of rainfall in entire West of Iran in relation with the behaviors of Mediterranean Pressure centers by Faramarz khoshakhlagh, mohammad amin heydary

“…Based on the designed indicators, whenever indicators DT and DH is positive, this means higher temperature and higher atmospheric standardized pressure in the Western parts of Mediterranean sea in compare with its East and therefore the wet spells (Monthly) occur in the study area, and If the above mentioned index is negative, means that the occurrence of drought in West Iran. As for the indicators introduced for lower levels of the atmosphere, especially in the case of temperature, meaningful strong and direct correlation is seen with rainfall abnormalities in entire West of Iran. …”
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RESPONSE OF WHEAT TO DIFFERENT ABIOTIC STRESS CONDITIONS: A REVIEW by Harikala Paudel, Radhakrishna Bhandari, Anjali Dhakal, Shivalal Nyaupane, Binod Panthi, Mukti Ram Poudel

“…The production and productivity of wheat have been greatly influenced by global warming and climate change which have created environments such as drought, heat stress, and saline conditions. To address the advances in the study of the response of wheat against such climatic implications, this review was done. …”
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The shifting of buffer crop repertoires in pre-industrial north-eastern Europe by Meiirzhan Abdrakhmanov, Michael Kempf, Ruta Karaliute, Piotr Guzowski, Rimvydas Lauzikas, Margaux L. C. Depaermentier, Radosław Poniat, Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute

“…Our findings revealed that rye remained a main staple crop throughout the studied periods reflecting environmental adaptation to northern latitudes. The drought-tolerant and thermophilic millet crop exhibited resilience during the adverse dry climatic conditions of the Medieval Climatic Anomaly while showing a significant decline during the Little Ice Age. …”
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Improvement of the technique applied to preserve species and varieties of <i>Fragaria</i> L. in the field genebank at Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station of VIR by V. N. Podorozhniy, N. A. Piyanina

“…All parents involved in the development of these cultivars were sources of useful agronomic traits identified in the genetic collection: ‘Zenga-Zengana’ (productivity and adaptability), ‘Cardinal’ (large fruit size and fruit density), ‘Elizaveta II’ (everbearing habit and drought resistance), and ‘Irma’ (productivity).Physical conditions of plant cultivation and planting rates per area unit have been optimized at all stages of maintenance of strawberry accessions to support their good growth and development. …”
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Overexpression of SlGRAS7 Affects Multiple Behaviors Leading to Confer Abiotic Stresses Tolerance and Impacts Gibberellin and Auxin Signaling in Tomato by Sidra Habib, Muhammad Waseem, Ning Li, Lu Yang, Zhengguo Li

“…Tomato plants overexpressing SlGRAS7 showed more resistance to drought and salt stress comparison with WT. Our study of SlGRAS7 in tomato demonstrates how GRAS showed an integrative role, improving resistance to abiotic stresses and enhancing gibberellin/auxin signaling through reproductive as well as vegetative processes.…”
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