Drought is a costly natural hazard with far-reaching impacts on agriculture, ecosystem, water
supply, and socio-economy. While propagating through the water cycle, drought evolves into …

China's Loess Plateau is both the largest and deepest loess deposit in the world, and it has
long been one of the most severely eroded areas on Earth. Since the 1970s, numerous soil …

Revegetation of degraded ecosystems provides opportunities for carbon sequestration and
bioenergy production,. However, vegetation expansion in water-limited areas creates …

Climate change and human activity are two major drivers that alter hydrological cycle
processes and cause change in spatio-temporal distribution of water availability …

Despite extensive studies on hydrological responses to forest cover change in small
watersheds, the hydrological responses to forest change and associated mechanisms …

As one of the best‐known areas in the world, the Loess Plateau, has long been suffering
from serious soil erosion. The present paper reviewed the historical variation of climate …

Understanding hydrological effects of ecological restoration (ER) is fundamental to develop
effective measures guiding future ER and to adapt climate change in China's Loess Plateau …

As one of the key tools for regulating human-ecosystem relations, environmental
conservation policies can promote ecological rehabilitation across a variety of …

The middle reaches of the Yellow River basin (MRYRB) contribute significantly to the total
streamflow and sediment discharge of the Yellow River. Significant changes in streamflow …

Recently, relationship between vegetation activity and temperature variability has received
much attention in China. However, vegetation-induced changes in water resources through …