Disentangling the effects of vapor pressure deficit on northern terrestrial vegetation productivity

Z Zhong, B He, YP Wang, HW Chen, D Chen, YH Fu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The impact of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) on plant photosynthesis has long
been acknowledged, but large interactions with air temperature (T) and soil moisture (SM) …

Increased global vegetation productivity despite rising atmospheric dryness over the last two decades

Y Song, W Jiao, J Wang, L Wang - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rising atmospheric dryness [vapor pressure deficit (VPD)] can limit photosynthesis and thus
reduce vegetation productivity. Meanwhile, plants can benefit from global warming and the …

Uncertainty in US forest carbon storage potential due to climate risks

C Wu, SR Coffield, ML Goulden, JT Randerson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Forests have considerable potential to mitigate anthropogenic climate change through
carbon sequestration, as well as provide society with substantial co-benefits. However …

A shift in the dominant role of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit and soil moisture on vegetation greening in China

Y Cheng, L Liu, L Cheng, K Fa, X Liu, Z Huo… - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Although evidence of ecosystem productivity to vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and soil
moisture (SM) is abundant, their respective effects remain unclear due to tightly land …

Increasing terrestrial ecosystem carbon release in response to autumn cooling and warming

R Tang, B He, HW Chen, D Chen, Y Chen… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Part of the Northern Hemisphere has experienced widespread autumn cooling
during the most recent decades despite overall warming, but how this contrasting …

Dynamics of global dryland vegetation were more sensitive to soil moisture: Evidence from multiple vegetation indices

H Liu, Y Liu, Y Chen, M Fan, Y Chen, C Gang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
The prominent role of drylands in the global ecosystem calls for a deeper understanding of
the responses of dryland vegetation to ongoing environmental drivers in the context of …

Divergent seasonal responses of carbon fluxes to extreme droughts over China

Y Deng, X Wang, T Lu, H Du, P Ciais, X Lin - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Droughts affect the interannual variability of global land carbon fluxes and are expected to
exert widespread impacts on the carbon cycle given a future climate with more intense and …

[HTML][HTML] Climate warming-induced phenology changes dominate vegetation productivity in Northern Hemisphere ecosystems

C Dang, Z Shao, X Huang, Q Zhuang, G Cheng… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The climate change is expected to trigger changes in vegetation phenology, temperature,
and soil moisture (SM), altering the productivity of ecosystems. Despite numerous existing …

Warming-induced vapor pressure deficit suppression of vegetation growth diminished in northern peatlands

N Chen, Y Zhang, F Yuan, C Song, M Xu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent studies have reported worldwide vegetation suppression in response to increasing
atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD). Here, we integrate multisource datasets to show …

Remote sensing of atmospheric and soil water stress on ecosystem carbon and water use during flash droughts over eastern China

X Xi, X Yuan - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Flash droughts are often accompanied by large soil and atmospheric moisture deficits, and
the concurrence of flash droughts and high temperature may have a great impact on the …