Climate-smart forestry (CSF) is an emerging branch of sustainable adaptive forest
management aimed at enhancing the potential of forests to adapt to and mitigate climate …

Drought and heat events affect the uptake and sequestration of carbon in terrestrial
ecosystems. Factors such as the duration, timing and intensity of extreme events influence …

Satellite optical and thermal infrared (TIR) spectra are linked to vegetation properties and,
therefore, carry valuable information needed for estimating vegetation functioning as …

Drought is one of the most widespread and threatening natural disasters in the world, which
has terrible impacts on agricultural irrigation and production, ecological environment, and …

Accurate mapping of soil salinity is of great significance for agricultural safety. However, soil
salinity mapping has proven difficult because of its complex causes. The vegetation index …

Drought indices are useful for quantifying drought severity and have shown mixed success
as an indicator of drought damage and biophysical dryness. While spatial downscaling of …

Forest systems provide crucial ecosystem functions to our environment, such as balancing
carbon stocks and influencing the local, regional and global climate. A trend towards an …

Highlights•A prolonged drought period from 2012 to 2015 has affected vegetation in Eastern
Brazil.•The Caatinga biome shows a greening reduction trend.•Combined data from …

ABSTRACT The Zagros Mountains forests extend across 11 provinces in Iran and constitute
approximately 40.0% of the country's woodlands. These forests have important soil …

The Yarlung Zangbo River (YZR) basin occupies a crucial position in the formation and
development of atmospheric circulation and climate change in the Tibetan Plateau, where is …