[HTML][HTML] Unexpected consequences of large-scale ecological restoration: groundwater declines are reversed

J Luan, Y Zhang, X Li, N Ma, N Shahid, Z Xu, S He… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater resources play a crucial role in vegetation restoration and ecological
development in the northern part of the Loess Plateau. However, it remains unclear how the …

Long-term impacts of ecosystem restoration on saturated hydraulic conductivity in the Loess Plateau

H Pan, Q Ran, Y Hong, J Wang, X Chen, S Ye - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Since 1999, large-scale ecological restoration activities have been launched across China's
Loess Plateau, known as the 'Grain for Green Program', which has substantially changed the …

Effects of vegetation restoration on groundwater drought in the Loess Plateau, China

Z Han, S Huang, Q Huang, Q Bai, G Leng, H Wang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Loess Plateau (LP) is a typical water-limited area. Since the revegetation plan
started in 1999, the rapid growth of vegetation has not only significantly changed the local …

Regional effects of vegetation restoration on water yield across the Loess Plateau, China

XM Feng, G Sun, BJ Fu, CH Su, Y Liu… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
The general relationships between vegetation and water yield under different climatic
regimes are well established at a small watershed scale in the past century. However …

Dynamic Changes in Terrestrial Water Balance Using Remote Sensing on the Loess Plateau

D Lu, Y Zheng, X Cao, J Guan, W Li, K Khan - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, the water cycle process in the Loess Plateau has undergone drastic
changes under the influence of anthropogenic disturbance and climate variability. The …

Historical water storage changes over China's Loess Plateau

R Shao, B Zhang, X He, T Su, Y Li… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since 1999, the Loess Plateau, China, has undergone one of the world's largest
revegetation programs (Grain for Green Project, GfGP). Revegetation has profound impacts …

Modelling the response of vegetation restoration to changes in groundwater level, based on ecologically suitable groundwater depth

F Li, Y Wang, Y Zhao, J Qiao - Hydrogeology Journal, 2018 - Springer
Groundwater-level fluctuations at a large scale have a significant effect on the preservation
and restoration of vegetation. This study determined suitable groundwater depth within …

Unrevealing past and future vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau and its impact on terrestrial water storage

K Liu, X Li, S Wang, X Zhang - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation restoration attributed to China's Grain to Green Program (GTGP) exerts
noticeable impact on the ecological-hydrological nexus. However, the vegetation restoration …

The role of climatic and anthropogenic stresses on long-term runoff reduction from the Loess Plateau, China

X Feng, W Cheng, B Fu, Y Lü - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Human intervention has strongly altered patterns of river runoff. Yet, few studies have
addressed the complexity and nonlinearity of the anthropogenic stresses on runoff or their …

Vegetation changes in recent large-scale ecological restoration projects and subsequent impact on water resources in China's Loess Plateau

S Li, W Liang, B Fu, Y Lü, S Fu, S Wang, H Su - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently, relationship between vegetation activity and temperature variability has received
much attention in China. However, vegetation-induced changes in water resources through …