The increased global exposure to climate change disturbances such as droughts and floods has generated a new interest in understanding how communities at different scales cope with those threats.

The pressure on water resources has been mounting worldwide with water scarcity becoming a widespread problem in most arid and semiarid regions around the world. Global water extractions have increased from 600 to 3,900 km3 in the last century, which is almost twice the rate of population growth.

Frostbyte M Peter: Modeling of Permafrost Temperatures in the Lena River Delta, Siberia, based on remote sensing products from Climate and Cryosphere on Vimeo.