Abstract China has 6.6 million km2 of drylands that support approximately 580 million
people. These drylands are at risk of desertification. In this Review, the changes observed in …

Understanding dryland dynamics is essential to predict future climate trajectories. However,
there remains large uncertainty on the extent to which drylands are expanding or greening …

Drylands are an essential component of the Earth System and are among the most
vulnerable to climate change. In this Review, we synthesize observational and modelling …

Degradation of ecosystems can occur when certain ecological thresholds are passed below
which ecosystem responses remain within 'safe ecological limits'. Ecosystems such as …

This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC?... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global …

Climate change was projected to have negative effects on water availability and
consequently a serious constraint to food production in many areas of the world. However …

East Asia is undergoing significant climate changes and these changes are likely to grow in
the future. It is urgent to characterize both the mechanisms controlling climate and the …

Drylands, comprising land regions characterized by water-limited, sparse vegetation, have
commonly been projected to expand globally under climate warming. Such projections …

Water scarcity, a critical environmental issue worldwide, has primarily been driven by a
significant increase in water extractions during the last century. In the coming decades …

This paper presents projections of climate extremes over China under global warming of 1.5,
2, and 3° C above pre-industrial (1861–1900), based on the latest Coupled Model …