Evidence and attribution of the enhanced land carbon sink

S Ruehr, TF Keenan, C Williams, Y Zhou, X Lu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Climate change has been partially mitigated by an increasing net land carbon sink in the
terrestrial biosphere; understanding the processes that drive this sink is thus essential for …

Dryland productivity under a changing climate

L Wang, W Jiao, N MacBean, MC Rulli… - Nature Climate …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Widespread increasing vegetation sensitivity to soil moisture

W Li, M Migliavacca, M Forkel, JMC Denissen… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Global vegetation and associated ecosystem services critically depend on soil moisture
availability which has decreased in many regions during the last three decades. While …

Transition from positive to negative indirect CO2 effects on the vegetation carbon uptake

Z Chen, W Wang, G Forzieri, A Cescatti - Nature Communications, 2024‏ - nature.com
Although elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (eCO2) has substantial indirect effects on
vegetation carbon uptake via associated climate change, their dynamics remain unclear …

Widespread shift from ecosystem energy to water limitation with climate change

JMC Denissen, AJ Teuling, AJ Pitman, S Koirala… - Nature Climate …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Terrestrial ecosystems are essential for food and water security and CO2 uptake. Ecosystem
function is dependent on the availability of soil moisture, yet it is unclear how climate change …

Global vegetation resilience linked to water availability and variability

T Smith, N Boers - Nature Communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Quantifying the resilience of vegetated ecosystems is key to constraining both present-day
and future global impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Here we apply both empirical …

Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems

Y Li, W Zhang, CR Schwalm, P Gentine… - Nature Climate …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The time required for an ecosystem to recover from severe drought is a key component of
ecological resilience. The phenology effects on drought recovery are, however, poorly …

Persistent and enhanced carbon sequestration capacity of alpine grasslands on Earth's Third Pole

Y Wang, J **ao, Y Ma, J Ding, X Chen, Z Ding… - Science advances, 2023‏ - science.org
The carbon sequestration capacity of alpine grasslands, composed of alpine meadows and
steppes, in the Tibetan Plateau has an essential role in regulating the regional carbon cycle …

Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands

M Berdugo, JJ Gaitán, M Delgado-Baquerizo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
The constant provision of plant productivity is integral to supporting the liability of
ecosystems and human wellbeing in global drylands. Drylands are paradigmatic examples …

Nanocellulose-based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage: status and challenges

Z Shen, M Qin, F **ong, R Zou, J Zhang - Energy & Environmental …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Thermal energy storage and utilization is gathering intensive attention due to the renewable
nature of the energy source, easy operation and economic competency. Among all the …