Enhanced dominance of soil moisture stress on vegetation growth in Eurasian drylands DOI Creative Commons
Yu Zhang, Yangjian Zhang, Xu Lian

et al.

National Science Review, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(8)

Published: April 24, 2023

Despite the mounting attention being paid to vegetation growth and their driving forces for water-limited ecosystems, relative contributions of atmospheric soil moisture dryness stress on are an ongoing debate. Here we comprehensively compare impacts high vapor pressure deficit (VPD) low water content (SWC) in Eurasian drylands during 1982-2014. The analysis indicates a gradual decoupling between over this period, as former has expanded faster than latter. Moreover, VPD-SWC relation VPD-greenness both non-linear, while SWC-greenness is near-linear. loosened coupling VPD SWC, non-linear correlations among VPD-SWC-greenness area extent which SWC acts dominant factor all provide compelling evidence that more influential stressor drylands. In addition, set 11 Earth system models projected continuously growing constraint towards 2100. Our results vital dryland ecosystems management drought mitigation Eurasia.

Language: Английский

Climate change impacts on water security in global drylands DOI Creative Commons
Lindsay C. Stringer, Alisher Mirzabaev, Tor A. Benjaminsen

et al.

One Earth, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 4(6), P. 851 - 864

Published: June 1, 2021

Language: Английский

Citations

157
Projected drought conditions in Northwest China with CMIP6 models under combined SSPs and RCPs for 2015–2099 DOI Creative Commons

Su-Yuan Li,

Lijuan Miao, Zhihong Jiang

et al.

Advances in Climate Change Research, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 11(3), P. 210 - 217

Published: Sept. 1, 2020

Northwest China is one of the most arid regions in world and has experienced intriguing climate warming humidification. Nonetheless, future conditions still remain uncertain. In this study, we applied an ensemble 12 latest model simulations Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) to assess drought until 2099 China, as inferred from Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI). Future were projected under three change scenarios through combination shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) representative concentration (RCPs), namely, SSP126 (SSP1 + RCP2.6, a green development pathway), SSP245 (SSP2 RCP4.5, intermediate SSP585 (SSP5 RCP8.5, high pathway). For 2015–2099, severity showed no trend SSP126, contrast, for scenarios, rapid increase during 2015–2099 was observed, especially SSP585. We also found that frequency generally lower than SSP245, although duration tended be longer. These findings suggest pathway mitigation adaptation strategies agricultural region along Silk Road.

Language: Английский

Citations

149
Challenges and solutions to biodiversity conservation in arid lands DOI
Yuanming Zhang, Akash Tariq, Alice C. Hughes

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 857, P. 159695 - 159695

Published: Oct. 24, 2022

Language: Английский

Citations

85
Wetting and drying trends under climate change DOI
Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Matthew Rodell, Michela Biasutti

et al.

Nature Water, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 1(6), P. 502 - 513

Published: May 8, 2023

Language: Английский

Citations

70
Enhanced dominance of soil moisture stress on vegetation growth in Eurasian drylands DOI Creative Commons
Yu Zhang, Yangjian Zhang, Xu Lian

et al.

National Science Review, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(8)

Published: April 24, 2023

Despite the mounting attention being paid to vegetation growth and their driving forces for water-limited ecosystems, relative contributions of atmospheric soil moisture dryness stress on are an ongoing debate. Here we comprehensively compare impacts high vapor pressure deficit (VPD) low water content (SWC) in Eurasian drylands during 1982-2014. The analysis indicates a gradual decoupling between over this period, as former has expanded faster than latter. Moreover, VPD-SWC relation VPD-greenness both non-linear, while SWC-greenness is near-linear. loosened coupling VPD SWC, non-linear correlations among VPD-SWC-greenness area extent which SWC acts dominant factor all provide compelling evidence that more influential stressor drylands. In addition, set 11 Earth system models projected continuously growing constraint towards 2100. Our results vital dryland ecosystems management drought mitigation Eurasia.

Language: Английский

Citations

47