Despite extensive studies on hydrological responses to forest cover change in small
watersheds, the hydrological responses to forest change and associated mechanisms …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has taken the environmental science and policy
literature by storm, and has become almost the approach to thinking about and assessing …

China has experienced substantial changes in vegetation cover, with a 10% increase in the
leaf area index and an~ 41.5 million-hectare increase in forest area since the 1980s. Earlier …

Research results on the effects of land cover change on water resources vary greatly and
the topic remains controversial. Here we use published data worldwide to examine the …

Quantifying and distinguishing the contributions of climate change, elevated atmospheric
CO 2 concentration (eCO 2) and human activities to evapotranspiration (ET) and gross …

Soil moisture is an important parameter required for agricultural drought monitoring and
climate change models. Passive microwave remote sensing technology has become an …

Responses of hydrological processes to climate change are key components in the I
ntergovernmental P anel for C limate C hange (IPCC) assessment. Understanding these …

Forest restoration aims to increase forest cover, structure, function, and/or species
composition, and it influences hydrology through the partitioning of precipitation into …

Recent studies have suggested that tropical forests may not be resilient against climate
change in the long term, primarily owing to predicted reductions in rainfall and forest …

Soil Moisture (SM) is a direct indicator of dryness of the land surface, and the amount of
precipitation (P), vegetation status, and Land Surface Temperature (LST) are directly related …