Projecting the impact of climate change on honey bee plant habitat distribution in Northern Ethiopia.

Climate change significantly affects the diversity, growth, and survival of indigenous plant species thereby influencing the nutrition, health and productivity of honey bees (Apis mellifera). Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) is one of the major honey bee plant species in Ethiopia's Tigray region. It is rich in pollen and nectar that typically provides white honey, which fetches a premium price in both local and inter-national markets.

Impacts of large-scale climatic circulation on floods through precipitation and temperature in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin.

The importance of large-scale climatic circulation impacts on precipitation and floods in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) has been widely acknowledged. However, the mechanisms related to the impacts of circulation on floods are not yet fully understood. To address this issue, circulations were characterized by using the climate indices, and floods were represented by the flood volume and simulated using an improved hydrological-hydrodynamic model.

Balancing crop water requirements through supplemental irrigation under rainfed agriculture in a semi-arid environment.

Rainfed farming is a dominant agricultural system in Tigray, Ethiopia. However, rainfall is characterized by short duration, intense and erratic subjected to late-onset and early cessation, suggesting a pressing need for Supplemental Irrigation (SI) to fill the crop water demand. Understanding the effects of SI during rainfall late-onset, early cessation, or both, along with their underlying causes, is a critical knowledge gap globally.

Long-term spatiotemporal variation of drought patterns over the Greater Horn of Africa.

Understanding historical patterns of changes in drought is essential for drought adaptation and mitigation. While the negative impacts of drought in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) have attracted increasing attention, a comprehensive and long-term spatiotemporal assessment of drought is still lacking. Here, we provided a comprehensive spatiotemporal drought pattern analysis during the period of 1964-2015 over the GHA.

Spatial and Temporal Variation of Drought Based on Satellite Derived Vegetation Condition Index in Nepal from 1982⁻2015.

Identification of drought is essential for many environmental and agricultural applications. To further understand drought, this study presented spatial and temporal variations of drought based on satellite derived Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) on annual (Jan⁻Dec), seasonal monsoon (Jun⁻Nov) and pre-monsoon (Mar⁻May) scales from 1982⁻2015 in Nepal. The Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) obtained from NOAA, AVHRR (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) and climate data from meteorological stations were used.