Drought is one of the most difficult natural hazards to quantify and is divided into categories
(meteorological, agricultural, ecological and hydrological), which makes assessing recent …

Our planet is being subjected to unprecedented climate change, with far-reaching social and
ecological repercussions. Below the waterline, aquatic ecosystems are being affected by …

**njiang, China, is a representative arid region in Central Asia that is characterized by a
unique mountain–basin structure and fragile mountain–oasis–desert ecosystems. Climate …

It is crucial to determine the factors affecting the carbon use efficiency (CUE) and water use
efficiency (WUE) of vegetation in ecosystems. However, the relationships between climate …

Wind power, a rapidly growing alternative energy source, has been threatened by
reductions in global average surface wind speed, which have been occurring over land …

This study investigates the feasibility of a relevance vector machine tuned with improved
Manta-Ray foraging optimization (RVM-IMRFO) in predicting monthly pan evaporation using …

The sensitivity of river discharge to climate-system warming is highly uncertain, and the
processes that govern river discharge are poorly understood, which impedes climate …

Silicate rock weathering maintains a stable and long‐term absorption of CO2. However, the
magnitude, spatial pattern, and evolution characteristics of global silicate rock weathering …

Karst ecosystems are important to several billion people, so it is necessary to accurately
diagnose and evaluate the health of these ecosystems for socioeconomic development; …

This study elucidates drought characteristics in China during 1980–2015 using two
commonly used meteorological drought indices: standardized precipitation index (SPI) and …