Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mathew Stewart, W. Christopher Carleton, Huw S. Groucutt
Summary: The term "extreme event" refers to high-impact, unanticipated natural events such as floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. With global warming, extreme events are expected to become more frequent, longer lasting, and more intense, posing significant challenges for natural and social systems. Researchers tend to consider extreme events in terms of temporal context, rates of change, risks, vulnerabilities, and impacts.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Tal Ulus, Ronnie Ellenblum
Summary: This article discusses the impact of climate anomalies on social stability and structural changes, highlighting that gradual and more usual climatic events may have a more profound impact on societies. It argues that extended climate anomalies affecting food availability are the ones that most affect human civilizations, leading to migration, violence, and ultimately structural changes in societies.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Robert J. Nowicki, Jordan A. Thomson, James W. Fourqurean, Aaron J. Wirsing, Michael R. Heithaus
Summary: Extreme climatic events and predator removal are significant stressors to ecosystems, and their interactions can exacerbate effects. Simulating predator loss effects on herbivore behaviors can intensify ecosystem responses to extreme events, promoting tropicalization even without species range shifts.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Haoliang Yan, Matthew Tom Harrison, Ke Liu, Bin Wang, Puyu Feng, Shah Fahad, Holger Meinke, Rui Yang, De Li Liu, Sotirios Archontoulis, Isaiah Huber, Xiaohai Tian, Jianguo Man, Yunbo Zhang, Meixue Zhou
Summary: Climate change in central China will impact agricultural production through extreme climatic events, but breeding climate-resilient wheat genotypes can help mitigate these effects. By optimizing crop traits and management practices, higher yields and adaptation to future climates can be achieved.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Andre Borgato Morelli, Andre Luiz Cunha
Summary: This paper introduces a convenient metric for assessing the vulnerability of road networks in small to medium-sized cities, focusing on how obstructions from disasters can increase path lengths. A case study in Sa?o Carlos, Brazil, demonstrates that walking and cycling are more robust modes of transportation compared to motorized individual transport, highlighting the importance of compact city planning to make cities more resilient to floods.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
P. S. Sreya, Chitra Parayil, N. Aswathy, Binoo P. Bonny, T. P. Aiswarya, P. O. Nameer
Summary: This study examines the economic vulnerability of deprived coastal households to extreme climatic events through a vulnerability assessment framework, focusing on female-headed households as the most vulnerable group in terms of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. Recommendations were proposed to empower women and intervene with policies to reduce risks and improve the economic characteristics of the poorest coastal households.
Letter
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Babak Zolghadr-Asli, Xuefeng Chu, Hugo A. Loaiciga
Summary: In March 2019, Iran experienced three major floods with heavy damages, causing at least 78 fatalities. The historical data suggests that human alteration to natural cycles may have played a dominant role in these devastating flood events.
Article
Ecology
Francesco Polazzo, Markus Hermann, Melina Crettaz-Minaglia, Andreu Rico
Summary: Untangling the relationship between network complexity and ecological stability under climate change, particularly extreme climatic events, is a challenging task. This study explores the effects of extreme heatwaves on the complexity of freshwater ecosystems and its correlation with stability components of the community. The findings suggest that reduction in network complexity leads to decreased functional and compositional resistance, while increased link-weighted network complexity improves functional and energy flux recovery and resilience but increases compositional instability.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tony Robertson, Paul Docherty, Fiona Millar, Andy Ruck, Sandra Engstrom
Summary: Community resilience refers to the ability of communities to utilize their resources to prepare for, respond to, endure, and recover from extreme events. However, there is a lack of clarity on what community resilience represents and how communities can practically develop it.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2021)
Review
Rehabilitation
Sally Lindsay, Shaelynn Hsu, Sharmigaa Ragunathan, John Lindsay
Summary: This study aims to understand the impact of climate change on people with pre-existing disabilities or chronic conditions. Through a scoping review of 45 studies involving over 2 million participants from 13 countries, the findings highlight the impact on physical and mental health, education and work, barriers to accessing health and community services, as well as coping strategies and resilience.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hassan Anjileli, Laurie S. Huning, Hamed Moftakhari, Samaneh Ashraf, Ata Akbari Asanjan, Hamid Norouzi, Amir AghaKouchak
Summary: The increasing frequency and severity of heatwaves due to climate change have led to significant impacts on the terrestrial biosphere. Studies have shown that during heatwaves, soil respiration rates increase by approximately 26% on average. Failure to capture these high frequency extreme heatwave events may underestimate the terrestrial feedback to the carbon cycle.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ana Paula Portela, Joao F. Goncalves, Isabelle Durance, Cristiana Vieira, Joao Honrado
Summary: Droughts have negative impacts on forest ecosystems, affecting forest health and productivity and compromising their role in climate change solutions. This study investigates the response and resilience of riparian forests to drought, and identifies the factors that shape their resilience. By analyzing data from 49 sites in North Portugal, the study finds a trade-off between drought resistance and recovery, with contrasting strategies across the climate gradient. Canopy structure and climate context are identified as important predictors of resilience. The study highlights the vulnerability of riparian ecosystems to droughts and emphasizes the need for further research on long-term resilience.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
John George Richmond, Rowena Hill
Summary: This study explores how local resilience structures in England can be utilized to achieve a comprehensive response to extreme heat events with the participation of the whole society. Based on a literature review, the study draws insights from research on health emergency response and extreme heat events in England. The findings suggest that local resilience forums play a critical role in addressing extreme heat events by tailoring information and resources to specific target groups within communities.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Sanaz Moghim, Ali Takallou
Summary: This study uses different schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to simulate heavy rainfall events and Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh. The results show that the WRF model can accurately predict the cyclone track, intensity, and landfall position. Additionally, a probabilistic framework and proper indices based on distributions are used to evaluate hazards and uncertainties.
STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elias Munthali, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Rafael Marce
Summary: This study examines how trophic state affects the response of reservoir ecosystems to extreme climatic events using long-term data. The results show that the response of reservoirs to extreme climatic events weakens when nutrient loading is reduced. Therefore, protecting reservoirs from nutrient pollution can improve ecosystem health.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Clinical Neurology
Paolo Cianconi, Sophia Betro, Francesco Grillo, Batul Hanife, Luigi Janiri
Review
Clinical Neurology
Antonio Ventriglio, Antonello Bellomo, Ilaria di Gioia, Dario Di Sabatino, Donato Favale, Domenico De Berardis, Paolo Cianconi
Summary: Pollutant agents are increasingly impacting public health, with a growing focus on their association with mental health disorders such as anxiety, mood, and psychotic syndromes. The pathogenesis involves direct and indirect effects of environmental pollutants on the brain, either through biological impacts on the Central Nervous System or from stress generated over time. However, most emerging evidence remains inconclusive on the exact relationship between pollution and mental health problems.
Article
Psychiatry
Emanuela Bianciardi, Cristina Vito, Sophia Betro, Alberto De Stefano, Alberto Siracusano, Cinzia Niolu
ANNALS OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY
(2020)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Laura Musetti, Antonio Tundo, Erika Cambiali, Claudia Del Grande, Rocco De Filippis, Caterina Franceschini, Luca Proietti, Sophia Betro, Donatella Marazziti, Liliana Dell'Osso
Summary: The study found that the combination of antidepressants with mood stabilizers/second-generation antipsychotics is effective and safe in the short and long term for a specific subgroup of bipolar depressed patients.
Article
Biology
Paolo Cianconi, Batul Hanife, Francesco Grillo, Kai Zhang, Luigi Janiri
Summary: Climate change presents complex challenges within human populations, requiring a multidisciplinary approach. Understanding the historical context and societal crises is essential in addressing climate change impacts. Vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation at both individual and community levels are crucial in mitigating mental maladjustment and conflicts.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Antonio Tundo, Sophia Betro, Marica Iommi, Rocco de Filippis
Summary: In this study, the effectiveness and safety of pramipexole augmentation for treatment-resistant depression was investigated over a 24-week period. The results showed a good response in patients, with limitations including lack of a control group, unblinded outcomes assessment, and inclusion of only outpatient participants.
PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Biology
Antonio Tundo, Sophia Betro', Rocco de Filippis, Fulvia Marchetti, Daniele Nacca, Roberta Necci, Marica Iommi
Summary: This study reviewed the effectiveness and safety of pramipexole augmentation in the treatment of treatment-resistant depression. The results showed that pramipexole augmentation had a treatment response rate of 62.5% for both unipolar and bipolar depression, with good safety. However, further confirmation is needed.
Article
Biology
Paolo Cianconi, Batul Hanife, Francesco Grillo, Sophia Betro, Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Luigi Janiri
Summary: Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, and deforestation, are causing climate change and biodiversity loss. This has both physical and psychological impacts on humankind, with climate change-related stress leading to the emergence of new psychological categories, such as eco-anxiety and climate trauma. Researchers and clinicians need to be prepared to assess and help individuals who are experiencing anxiety and climate-related mourning.
YALE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Antonio Tundo, Laura Musetti, Sophia Betro, Erika Cambiali, Rocco de Filippis, Donatella Marazziti, Federico Mucci, Luca Proietti, Liliana Dell'Osso
Summary: The study aimed to identify socio-demographic and clinical features that discriminate patients with major depression with anxious distress from those with mixed depression.
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Antonio Tundo, Sophia Betro, Roberta Necci
Summary: This observational prospective study aimed to examine the psychological and psychopathological impact of pandemic stress on patients with pre-existing mood, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The study found that the psychological and psychopathological consequences of COVID-19 stress in these patients were very modest, with only 5.4% experiencing symptom worsening. Overall, patients with OCD had a higher rate of worsening due to pandemic stress compared to patients with MDD.
MEDICINA-LITHUANIA
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Paolo Cianconi, Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Antonio Ventriglio, Luigi Janiri
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
(2019)
Article
Psychiatry
Emanuela Bianciardi, Giorgio Di Lorenzo, Cinzia Niolu, Sophia Betro, Francesca Zerbin, Paolo Gentileschi, Alberto Siracusano
RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA
(2019)