Satellite remote sensing of vegetation phenology: Progress, challenges, and opportunities
Vegetation phenology serves as a crucial indicator of ecosystem dynamics and its response
to environmental cues. Against the backdrop of global climate warming, it plays a pivotal role …
to environmental cues. Against the backdrop of global climate warming, it plays a pivotal role …
Bridging observations, theory and numerical simulation of the ocean using machine learning
Progress within physical oceanography has been concurrent with the increasing
sophistication of tools available for its study. The incorporation of machine learning (ML) …
sophistication of tools available for its study. The incorporation of machine learning (ML) …
Summer soil drying exacerbated by earlier spring greening of northern vegetation
Earlier vegetation greening under climate change raises evapotranspiration and thus lowers
spring soil moisture, yet the extent and magnitude of this water deficit persistence into the …
spring soil moisture, yet the extent and magnitude of this water deficit persistence into the …
Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century
South American (SA) societies are highly vulnerable to droughts and pluvials, but lack of
long-term climate observations severely limits our understanding of the global processes …
long-term climate observations severely limits our understanding of the global processes …
A reconciled estimate of the influence of Arctic sea-ice loss on recent Eurasian cooling
Northern midlatitudes, over central Eurasia in particular, have experienced frequent severe
winters in recent decades,–. A remote influence of Arctic sea-ice loss has been …
winters in recent decades,–. A remote influence of Arctic sea-ice loss has been …
Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models
Historical records of precipitation, streamflow and drought indices all show increased aridity
since 1950 over many land areas,. Analyses of model-simulated soil moisture,, drought …
since 1950 over many land areas,. Analyses of model-simulated soil moisture,, drought …
Atlantic-induced pan-tropical climate change over the past three decades
During the past three decades, tropical sea surface temperature (SST) has shown dipole-
like trends, with warming over the tropical Atlantic and Indo-western Pacific but cooling over …
like trends, with warming over the tropical Atlantic and Indo-western Pacific but cooling over …
Detected climatic change in global distribution of tropical cyclones
Owing to the limited length of observed tropical cyclone data and the effects of multidecadal
internal variability, it has been a challenge to detect trends in tropical cyclone activity on a …
internal variability, it has been a challenge to detect trends in tropical cyclone activity on a …
ENSO modulates wildfire activity in China
China is a key region for understanding fire activity and the drivers of its variability under
strict fire suppression policies. Here, we present a detailed fire occurrence dataset for China …
strict fire suppression policies. Here, we present a detailed fire occurrence dataset for China …
Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user
Precipitation downscaling improves the coarse resolution and poor representation of
precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the likely hydrological …
precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the likely hydrological …