Extreme weather and climate events have direct impacts on ecosystems and can further
trigger ecosystem disturbances, often having impacts that last longer than the event's …

Passive microwave remote sensing observations at L-band provide key and global
information on surface soil moisture and vegetation water content, which are related to the …

In summer 2018, central and northern Europe were stricken by extreme drought and heat
(DH2018). The DH2018 differed from previous events in being preceded by extreme spring …

Severe drought and extreme heat associated with the 2015–2016 El Niño event have led to
large carbon emissions from the tropical vegetation to the atmosphere. With the return to …

Drought affects many aspects of society and its impact is global. To this end, rendering
recurrent drought occurrences is a key research focus. Recently, in addition to existing …

Global fluctuations in annual land carbon uptake (NEEIAV) depend on water and
temperature variability, yet debate remains about local and seasonal controls of the global …

Fossil fuel combustion, land use change and other human activities have increased the
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) abundance by about 50% since the beginning of the …

Australia experienced multi-year drought and record high temperatures, and massive forest
fires occurred across the southeast in 2019 and early 2020. In the fire-affected forest areas …

Abstract Changes in terrestrial tropical carbon stocks have an important role in the global
carbon budget. However, current observational tools do not allow accurate and large-scale …

The responses of tropical forests to environmental change are critical uncertainties in
predicting the future impacts of climate change. The positive phase of the 2015–2016 El …