The consequences of droughts are far-reaching, impacting the natural environment, water
quality, public health, and accelerating economic losses. Applications of remote sensing …

Drylands are important ecosystems that are facing severe challenges under a changing
climate. The relationships between soil moisture and vegetation have garnered international …

Abstract The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is a unique Critical Zone with deep loess
deposits, where soil moisture is primarily replenished by seasonal monsoon rainfall …

Social economy of China has been rapidly develo** for more than 30 years with efficient
reforms and policies being issued. Societal developments have resulted in a greater use of …

Soil microbes provide important ecosystem services. Though the effects of changes in
nutrient availability due to fertilization on the soil microbial communities in the topsoil (tilled …

Insight into the rainfall‐soil moisture (SM) response to land cover is critical for soil
hydrological process modelling and management. In this study, five typical land‐cover types …

Insight into the response of deep soil moisture (SM) to land cover change is crucial for the
sustainable management of regional water resources and ecosystems. However, the deep …

Understanding the dynamic response of soil moisture to rainfall is critical for hydrological
modelling in arid and semi-arid basins. However, little is known about rainfall-related soil …

Soil respiration is a large carbon flux from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere, and
small variations in soil respiration can prominently influence the global carbon (C) cycle. The …

Understanding the spatial distribution and controlling factors of soil organic carbon (SOC) at
different scales is essential for an accurate estimation of soil organic carbon stocks …