Extreme heat exposure at the regional scale is warranted for special attention due to the
changing global climate yet notable regional disparities in the effect of warming. NASA's …

Satellite data indicate significant advancement in alpine spring phenology over decades of
climate warming, but corresponding field evidence is scarce. It is also unknown whether this …

Solving the land vacancy problem and promoting urban transformation is a crucial challenge
for the new urbanization construction in China, especially under the dual pressure of rapid …

The shift in vegetation phenology is an essential indicator of global climate change.
Numerous researches based on reflectance-based vegetation index data have explored the …

Abstract The North China Region (NCR), a typical grain base and highly populated area in
China, is a well-recognized global groundwater funnel. Severe water shortage has been …

Climate change profoundly affects the interannual variability (IAV) of net primary production
(NPP) of terrestrial ecosystem from multiple aspects. However, the IAV of the nationwide …

The seasonal dynamics of the vegetation canopy strongly regulate the surface energy
balance and terrestrial carbon fluxes, providing feedbacks to climate change. Whether the …

Shifts in plant phenology regulate ecosystem structure and function, which feeds back to the
climate system. However, drivers for the peak of growing season (POS) in seasonal …

An increase in global warming has resulted in a global increase in meteorological droughts.
As droughts play a key factor regulating vegetation growth, they inevitably have social and …

With the global issues of extreme climate and urbanization, the ecological security patterns
(ESPs) in the Qinling Mountains are facing prominent challenges. As a crucial ecological …