Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress

PE Verslues, J Bailey-Serres, C Brodersen… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present unresolved questions in plant abiotic stress biology as posed by 15 research
groups with expertise spanning eco-physiology to cell and molecular biology. Common …

Genetic strategies for improving crop yields

J Bailey-Serres, JE Parker, EA Ainsworth, GED Oldroyd… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The current trajectory for crop yields is insufficient to nourish the world's population by 2050.
Greater and more consistent crop production must be achieved against a backdrop of …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km2 of drylands towards desertification

AL Burrell, JP Evans, MG De Kauwe - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Drylands cover 41% of the earth's land surface and include 45% of the world's agricultural
land. These regions are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to anthropogenic climate …

CO2 fertilization of terrestrial photosynthesis inferred from site to global scales

C Chen, WJ Riley, IC Prentice… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Global photosynthesis is increasing with elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, a
response known as the CO2 fertilization effect (CFE), but the key processes of CFE are not …

Perspectives on the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the 'carbon neutrality'strategy

S Piao, C Yue, J Ding, Z Guo - Science China Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
The Chinese government has made a strategic decision to reach 'carbon neutrality'before
2060. China's terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink is currently offsetting 7–15% of national …

Global change biology: a primer

RF Sage - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Because of human action, the Earth has entered an era where profound changes in the
global environment are creating novel conditions that will be discernable far into the future …

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

CD Allen, DD Breshears, NG McDowell - Ecosphere, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns, mechanisms, projections, and consequences of tree mortality and associated
broad‐scale forest die‐off due to drought accompanied by warmer temperatures—“hotter …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change impacts and adaptation in forest management: a review

RJ Keenan - Annals of forest science, 2015 - Springer
Key message Adaptation of forest management to climate change requires an
understanding of the effects of climate on forests, industries and communities; prediction of …

Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought

X Li, S Piao, K Wang, X Wang, T Wang… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The frequency and intensity of droughts have increased over the decades, leading to
increased forest decline. The response of forest to drought can be evaluated by both its …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …