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Amir AghaKouchak

  • Professor, University of California, Irvine
California
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Chancellor’s Professor @UCIrvine interested in #water, #climate and #environment. Instagram.com/aghakouchak
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Inequities in the impacts of compound precipitation extremes on global transportation infrastructures in the late 21st century

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By Feng Wang, Junhong Guo, Yurui Fan, Guohe Huang, Yongping Li, Zhenyao Shen, Ya Zhou, Amir AghaKouchak, Yizhuo Wen
| Nature Verified
Abstract The impact of compound climate extremes on transportation infrastructure is destructive and long-lasting, yet it remains unclear whether these impacts are equitably distributed across countries with different income levels.
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Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

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By Ali Mirchi, Amir AghaKouchak, Kaveh Madani
| The Caledonian-Record Verified
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Global drought extremes in 2025

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By Chiyuan Miao, Qi Zhang, Xin Li Verified, Jinlong Hu, Mojtaba Sadegh, Amir AghaKouchak
| Nature Verified
In 2025, global annual drought affected ~30% of the global land surface. Near-record warming substantially increased evaporative demand, triggering widespread meteorological and soil moisture drought, even in regions where precipitation deficits were relatively intermediate. Key points Global annual drought in 2025 affected ~30% of the global land surface, with ~1.2% experiencing extreme drought conditions.
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