Drought is one of the most complex hydrological and climate disasters, causing damage to
ecosystem structure and function. Ecosystem resilience is considered a key concept for …

Improving water use efficiency is an essential strategy in the response to the global water
crisis. The assessment of water use efficiency serves as the foundation for improving water …

The recurrent drought extremes have resulted in deleterious impacts on ecological security.
Despite that many attempts have been made to explore ecosystem responses to different …

Every year, millions of people are at risk due to droughts in South Asia (SA). The likely
impacts of droughts are projected to increase with global warming. This study uses the new …

With a typical alpine grassland ecosystem, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a highly
representative region to observe the effects of climate change on ecosystems. Continued …

Metropolitan areas are faced with ecosystem degradation driven by rapid urbanization and
climate change. Synergizing ecosystem services (ES) and ecosystem climate resilience …

Freshwater ecosystem services are the link between ecological systems and social systems,
which is an important guarantee of the freshwater safety particularly in dryland regions …

Projecting future changes in concurrent dry and hot extremes (CDHEs) and the subsequent
socio-economic risks (eg population exposure) is critical for climate adaptation and water …

Ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) is a key indicator that depicts the carbon-water
coupling relationship in terrestrial ecosystems. Separating the effects of climate change and …

An essential approach to reduce drought in plants is to maximize the use of most limited
available resources. The increase in water-use efficiency (WUE) is important to maximally …