Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …
T Zhang, B Song, G Han, H Zhao, Q Hu… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reclamation of coastal wetlands for agriculture has expanded considerably over the last 40 years in China. Wetland reclamation could substantially alter soil properties, but so far, a …
JP Schimel - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Throughout Earth's history, drought has been a common crisis in terrestrial ecosystems; in human societies, it can cause famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse. As the …
The sensitivity of forests to near-term warming and associated precipitation shifts remains uncertain,,,,,,,–. Herein, using a 5-year open-air experiment in southern boreal forest, we …
The heart of the scientific enterprise is a rational effort to understand the causes behind the phenomena we observe. In large-scale complex dynamical systems such as the Earth …
W Song, Y Feng, Z Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Many ecological restoration programs have been implemented in China during the last two decades. At the same time, the vegetation has turned green significantly in China. However …
H Liu, Z Mi, LI Lin, Y Wang, Z Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The structure and function of alpine grassland ecosystems, including their extensive soil carbon stocks, are largely shaped by temperature. The Tibetan Plateau in particular has …
C Xu, X Xu, C Ju, HYH Chen, BJ Wilsey… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems and plays a critical role in mitigating climate change. Increasing reactive nitrogen (N) in ecosystems …
Direct quantification of terrestrial biosphere responses to global change is crucial for projections of future climate change in Earth system models. Here, we synthesized …