Introduction As ecological disasters loom, forests play a crucial role in mitigating climate
change and aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This …

Global greening continued into 2023, reaching near-record values that were dominated by
regional enhancement in the mid-western USA, Europe, northern Australia and parts of …

The future of tropical forests hinges on the balance between disturbance rates, which are
expected to increase with climate change, and tree growth. Whereas tree growth is a slow …

Dynamic ecosystems, such as the Amazon forest, are expected to show critical slowing
down behavior, or slower recovery from recurrent small perturbations, as they approach an …

Vegetation temperature sensitivity is a key indicator to understand the response of
vegetation to temperature changes and predict potential shifts in ecosystem functions …

The land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, as a source and a sink of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is critical for achieving carbon neutrality. Many academic …

Tropical moist forests have been severely affected by natural and anthropogenic
disturbances, leading to substantial changes in global carbon cycle and climate. These …

China's terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink (TCS) is crucial for the global carbon budget.
However, little is known how the enhanced human disturbances and increased extreme …

Anthropogenic global change fundamentally impacts ecosystem biogeochemical cycling.
Although litter decomposition is a crucial component of carbon (C) cycling, its response to …

The need to measure, monitor, and understand our living planet is greater than ever. Yet,
while many technologies are applied to tackle this need, one developed in the 19th century …