Drivers and impacts of changes in China's drylands

C Li, B Fu, S Wang, LC Stringer, Y Wang, Z Li… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration

MF Cotrufo, JM Lavallee - Advances in agronomy, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Effects of coastal wetland reclamation on soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus in China: a meta‐analysis

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 …

Life in dry soils: effects of drought on soil microbial communities and processes

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 …

Even modest climate change may lead to major transitions in boreal forests

PB Reich, R Bermudez, RA Montgomery, RL Rich… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Inferring causation from time series in Earth system sciences

J Runge, S Bathiany, E Bollt, G Camps-Valls… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

Ecological restoration programs dominate vegetation greening in China

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 …

Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production

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 …

Long‐term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen addition worldwide

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 …

A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

J Song, S Wan, S Piao, AK Knapp, AT Classen… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Direct quantification of terrestrial biosphere responses to global change is crucial for
projections of future climate change in Earth system models. Here, we synthesized …