Detecting forest response to droughts with global observations of vegetation water content
Droughts in a warming climate have become more common and more extreme, making
understanding forest responses to water stress increasingly pressing. Analysis of water …
understanding forest responses to water stress increasingly pressing. Analysis of water …
Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities
Drylands make up roughly 40% of the Earth's land surface, and billions of people depend on
services provided by these critically important ecosystems. Despite their relatively sparse …
services provided by these critically important ecosystems. Despite their relatively sparse …
Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades
Despite the growing interest in predicting global and regional trends in vegetation
productivity in response to a changing climate, changes in water constraint on vegetation …
productivity in response to a changing climate, changes in water constraint on vegetation …
[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification
Drylands cover 41% of the earth's land surface and include 45% of the world's agricultural
land. These regions are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to anthropogenic climate …
land. These regions are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to anthropogenic climate …
Divergent forest sensitivity to repeated extreme droughts
Climate change-driven increases in drought frequency and severity could compromise forest
ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon sink,–. While the impacts of single droughts on forests …
ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon sink,–. While the impacts of single droughts on forests …
Increasing global vegetation browning hidden in overall vegetation greening: Insights from time-varying trends
Global vegetation dynamics are of critical importance for understanding changes in
ecosystem structure and functioning and their responses to different natural and …
ecosystem structure and functioning and their responses to different natural and …
Pronounced loss of Amazon rainforest resilience since the early 2000s
The resilience of the Amazon rainforest to climate and land-use change is crucial for
biodiversity, regional climate and the global carbon cycle. Deforestation and climate change …
biodiversity, regional climate and the global carbon cycle. Deforestation and climate change …
Nature's role in supporting health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A geospatial and socioecological study
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes to human lifestyles
across the world. The virus and associated social restriction measures have been linked to …
across the world. The virus and associated social restriction measures have been linked to …
Desertification
A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …
A new SMAP soil moisture and vegetation optical depth product (SMAP-IB): Algorithm, assessment and inter-comparison
Passive microwave remote sensing at L-band (1.4 GHz) provides an unprecedented
opportunity to estimate global surface soil moisture (SM) and vegetation water content (via …
opportunity to estimate global surface soil moisture (SM) and vegetation water content (via …