Terrestrial carbon sinks in China and around the world and their contribution to carbon neutrality

Y Yang, Y Shi, W Sun, J Chang, J Zhu, L Chen… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Enhancing the terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink (referred to as terrestrial C sink) is an
important way to slow down the continuous increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) …

Evidence for intensification of the global water cycle: Review and synthesis

TG Huntington - Journal of Hydrology, 2006 - Elsevier
One of the more important questions in hydrology is: if the climate warms in the future, will
there be an intensification of the water cycle and, if so, the nature of that intensification …

Quantifying the contributions of human activities and climate change to vegetation net primary productivity dynamics in China from 2001 to 2016

W Ge, L Deng, F Wang, J Han - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetation is an important component of the terrestrial ecosystem, driven by climate change
and human activities. Quantifying the relative contributions of climate change and …

Spring photosynthetic phenology of Chinese vegetation in response to climate change and its impact on net primary productivity

Y Xue, X Bai, C Zhao, Q Tan, Y Li, G Luo, L Wu… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, the advancement of spring phenology in northern and
temperate regions due to increased temperatures has been widely reported. Early and …

Vegetation dynamics and its driving forces from climate change and human activities in the Three-River Source Region, China from 1982 to 2012

Y Zhang, C Zhang, Z Wang, Y Chen, C Gang… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Three-River Source Region (TRSR), a region with key importance to the
ecological security of China, has undergone climate changes and a shift in human activities …

Widespread climate change in the Himalayas and associated changes in local ecosystems

UB Shrestha, S Gautam, KS Bawa - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Climate change in the Himalayas, a biodiversity hotspot, home of many sacred
landscapes, and the source of eight largest rivers of Asia, is likely to impact the well-being …

[HTML][HTML] Urbanization and its environmental effects in Shanghai, China

L Cui, J Shi - Urban Climate, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the processes and characteristics of urbanization in Shanghai, focusing
on the population and land use and land cover (LULC) change, and its correlation with the …

Impacts of climate change on natural forest productivity–evidence since the middle of the 20th century

CÉL Boisvenue, SW Running - Global change biology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes to forest production drivers (light, water, temperature, and site nutrient)
over the last 55 years have been documented in peer‐reviewed literature. The main …

Variations in satellite‐derived phenology in China's temperate vegetation

S Piao, J Fang, L Zhou, P Ciais, B Zhu - Global change biology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between vegetation phenology and climate is a crucial topic in global
change research because it indicates dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystems to …

Growing season extension and its impact on terrestrial carbon cycle in the Northern Hemisphere over the past 2 decades

S Piao, P Friedlingstein, P Ciais… - Global …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A number of studies have suggested that the growing season duration has significantly
lengthened during the past decades, but the connections between phenology variability and …