Trends and drivers of terrestrial sources and sinks of carbon dioxide: An overview of the TRENDY project

S Sitch, M O'sullivan, E Robertson… - Global …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The terrestrial biosphere plays a major role in the global carbon cycle, and there is a
recognized need for regularly updated estimates of land‐atmosphere exchange at regional …

Global evaluation of current and future threats to drylands and their vertebrate biodiversity

A Lewin, G Murali, S Rachmilevitch… - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
Drylands are often overlooked in broad conservation frameworks and development priorities
and face increasing threats from human activities. Here we evaluated the formal degree of …

On the NASA GEDI and ESA CCI biomass maps: aligning for uptake in the UNFCCC global stocktake

N Hunka, M Santoro, J Armston… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Earth Observation data are uniquely positioned to estimate forest aboveground biomass
density (AGBD) in accordance with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate …

[HTML][HTML] Intercomparison of global foliar trait maps reveals fundamental differences and limitations of upscaling approaches

B Dechant, J Kattge, R Pavlick, FD Schneider… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Foliar traits such as specific leaf area (SLA), leaf nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P)
concentrations play important roles in plant economic strategies and ecosystem functioning …

Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure

AW Cheesman, F Brown, P Artaxo, MN Farha… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Elevated ground-level ozone, a result of human activity, is known to reduce plant
productivity, but its influence on tropical forests remains unclear. Here we estimate how …

Exploring the spatio-temporal patterns of global mangrove gross primary production and quantifying the factors affecting its estimation, 1996–2020

Z Sun, Y An, J Kong, J Zhao, W Cui, T Nie… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mangrove ecosystems, as an important component of “Blue Carbon”, play a curial role on
global carbon cycling; however, the lack of the global estimates of mangrove ecosystem …

Are Plant Functional Types Fit for Purpose?

J Cranko Page, G Abramowitz… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract For over 40 years, Plant Functional Types (PFTs) have been used to discretize
the∼ 400,000 species of terrestrial plants into “similar” classes. Within Earth System Models …

Evaluation of the efficiency and drivers of complemented cropland in Southwest China over the past 30 years from the perspective of cropland abandonment

D Lu, Z Wang, X Li, Y Zhou - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Complemented croplands are a crucial component of cropland resources and play a
significant role in ensuring national food security. In recent decades, to counter the loss of …

Contributions of countries without a carbon neutrality target to limit global warming

J Zhou, W Li, P Ciais, T Gasser, J Wang, Z Li… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a key negative emission technology
for climate mitigation. Some countries have made no commitment to carbon neutrality but …

Synergistic impact of complex topography and climate variability on the loss of microclimate heterogeneity in Southeast Asia

Y Guan, J Liu, P Chen, Y Wang, D Liang… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Microclimate heterogeneity in Southeast Asia and its implications for biodiversity
remain understudied. We investigated microclimate changes between 1982 and 2017 using …