Distinguishing the effects of climate change and vegetation greening on soil moisture variability along aridity gradient in the drylands of northern China

L Xu, G Gao, X Wang, B Fu - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023 - Elsevier
Drylands are particularly sensitive to climate change, and soil water availability is critical for
dryland ecosystems. Climate change and large-scale ecological restoration have led to …

Luminescence‐Based Infrared Thermal Sensors: Comprehensive Insights

S Fahad, S Li, Y Zhai, C Zhao, Z Pikramenou, M Wang - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent chronological breakthroughs in materials innovation, their fabrication, and structural
designs for disparate applications have paved transformational ways to subversively …

Himalayan alpine ecohydrology: An urgent scientific concern in a changing climate

R Leng, S Harrison, K Anderson - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Climate change is projected to have important impacts on snow and vegetation distribution
in global mountains. Despite this, the coupling of ecological shifts and hydrological …

The impact of irrigation modes on agricultural water-energy‑carbon nexus

R Zhu, R Zhao, X Li, X Hu, S Jiao, L Xiao, Z Xie… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the tremendous contribution of irrigated agriculture in addressing global food
security, there is still confusion for farmers and governments about the choice of irrigation …

Climate dynamics and the effect of topography on snow cover variation in the Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra river basins

A Banerjee, S Kang, MFU Moazzam… - Atmospheric Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The river basins of the Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra (IGB) are characterized by rapid
population growth, increased water demand, and rapid snow/ice melting, all of which …

Grassland greening and water resource availability may coexist in a warming climate in Northern China and the Tibetan Plateau

C Zhang, D Long, T Liu, LJ Slater, G Wang… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Greening of Northern China and the Tibetan Plateau (NCTP) has been observed by
increases in the remotely sensed leaf area index (LAI), driven primarily by CO2 fertilization …

diverging trends in rain‐on‐snow over high Mountain Asia

FZ Maina, SV Kumar - Earth's Future, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Rain‐on‐snow (ROS) over snow‐dominated regions such as High Mountain Asia
(HMA) modulates snowmelt and runoff and is key contributor in influencing water availability …

Vegetation greening mitigates the positive impacts of climate change on water availability in Northwest China

Z Jia, T Lin, X Guo, Y Zheng, H Geng, J Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change alters water availability (precipitation minus evapotranspiration, ie, water
yield, WY), especially in arid regions like Northwest China (NWC) where water resources …

Irrigation-driven groundwater depletion in the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin decreases the streamflow in the Bay of Bengal

FZ Maina, A Getirana, SV Kumar, M Saharia… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Ganges and Brahmaputra, two of Asia's most prominent rivers, have a crucial role in
Southeast Asia's geopolitics and economy and are home to one of the world's biggest …

Multiple Greenness Indexes revealed the vegetation greening during the growing season and winter on the Tibetan Plateau despite regional variations

J Lv, W Zhao, T Hua, L Zhang, P Pereira - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vegetation is an essential component of terrestrial ecosystems and supplies multiple
ecosystem benefits and services. Several indices have been used to monitor changes in …