As a sensitive region, identifying land cover change in drylands is critical to understanding
global environmental change. However, the current findings related to land cover change in …

Drylands are fragile environments that should be carefully managed to improve their quality
and functions to achieve sustainable development. Their major problems involve low …

Emerging new-generation geostationary satellites have broadened the scope for studying
the diurnal cycle of ecosystem functions. We exploit observations from the Geostationary …

Drylands cover about 40% of the terrestrial surface and are sensitive to climate change, but
their relative contributions to global vegetation greening and productivity increase in recent …

The divergence between agricultural water use and the annual supply of water resources
(water gap) has been increasing for decades. The forecast is that this water gap will …

Grassland degradation (within-state change) and desertification (state conversion from
grasslands to deserts) are different states in the complex dynamic process of grassland …

Irrigation in arid croplands is necessary to sustain crop growth, but with increasing water
scarcity and population growth in drylands, irrigation systems may need to shift from flooding …

Water shortages in arid and semi-arid ecosystems can cause changes to the structures and
functions of landscapes and respective ecosystem services. A useful framework for …

Resilience is a fundamental concept for vegetation health. The increasing drought frequency
and severity may pose severe threat to vegetation resilience. However, it is still not clear …

Nitrogen (N) addition is commonly employed to enhance wheat production, and the
effectiveness is strongly influenced by site-specific factors encompassing environmental …