Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth

Y Yang, ML Roderick, H Guo, DG Miralles… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Evapotranspiration (ET)—the distribution and partitioning of which is strongly mediated by
vegetation—is central to the water, energy and carbon cycles. In this Review, we examine …

Perspectives on the future of land surface models and the challenges of representing complex terrestrial systems

RA Fisher, CD Koven - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Land surface models (LSMs) are a vital tool for understanding, projecting, and predicting the
dynamics of the land surface and its role within the Earth system, under global change …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing sensitivity of dryland vegetation greenness to precipitation due to rising atmospheric CO2

Y Zhang, P Gentine, X Luo, X Lian, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Water availability plays a critical role in shaping terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in low-
and mid-latitude regions. The sensitivity of vegetation growth to precipitation strongly …

[HTML][HTML] Forest expansion dominates China's land carbon sink since 1980

Z Yu, P Ciais, S Piao, RA Houghton, C Lu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Carbon budget accounting relies heavily on Food and Agriculture Organization land-use
data reported by governments. Here we develop a new land-use and cover-change …

The Community Land Model version 5: Description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

DM Lawrence, RA Fisher, CD Koven… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Community Land Model (CLM) is the land component of the Community Earth
System Model (CESM) and is used in several global and regional modeling systems. In this …

Persistent and enhanced carbon sequestration capacity of alpine grasslands on Earth's Third Pole

Y Wang, J Xiao, Y Ma, J Ding, X Chen, Z Ding… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The carbon sequestration capacity of alpine grasslands, composed of alpine meadows and
steppes, in the Tibetan Plateau has an essential role in regulating the regional carbon cycle …

Evaluation of CNRM Earth system model, CNRM‐ESM2‐1: Role of Earth system processes in present‐day and future climate

R Séférian, P Nabat, M Michou… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study introduces CNRM‐ESM2‐1, the Earth system (ES) model of second generation
developed by CNRM‐CERFACS for the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison …

Global patterns of drought recovery

CR Schwalm, WRL Anderegg, AM Michalak, JB Fisher… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Drought, a recurring phenomenon with major impacts on both human and natural systems,,,
is the most widespread climatic extreme that negatively affects the land carbon sink …

[HTML][HTML] Harmonized global maps of above and belowground biomass carbon density in the year 2010

SA Spawn, CC Sullivan, TJ Lark, HK Gibbs - Scientific Data, 2020 - nature.com
Remotely sensed biomass carbon density maps are widely used for myriad scientific and
policy applications, but all remain limited in scope. They often only represent a single …

The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere

H Tian, C Lu, P Ciais, AM Michalak, JG Canadell… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The terrestrial biosphere can release or absorb the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), and therefore has an important role in …