Droughts are significant drivers of land degradation, which in turn has adverse effects on
resource-dependent rural populations and can potentially lead to livelihood losses and …

Drought, widely studied as an important driver of ecosystem dynamics, is predicted to
increase in frequency and severity globally. To study drought, ecologists must define or at …

We review results from field experiments that simulate drought, an ecologically impactful
global change threat that is predicted to increase in magnitude, extent, duration and …

Drought has large impacts on the vegetation growth of global terrestrial ecosystems,
particularly grasslands. Extensive in-situ studies have shown that the impact of drought on …

China is prone to broad land degradation and thus has been implementing ecological
restoration projects (ERPs) since the reform and opening up. The extent of ERPs, as well as …

Drought is intensifying globally with climate change, creating an urgency to understand
ecosystem response to drought both during and after these events end to limit loss of …

Alterations in water availability and drought events as predicted by climate change
scenarios will increasingly impact natural communities with effects already emerging at …

Intensified droughts have been weakening global vegetation productivity, yet how the
sensitivity of vegetation productivity to drought changes over time is not well known. Here …

Gross primary productivity (GPP) is a vital variable of the global carbon cycle, but the
quantification of global GPP is subject to significant uncertainty due to the lack of direct …

Extreme climate events are predicted to increase in the future, which will have significant
effects on insect biodiversity. Research into this area has been rapidly expanding, but …