'Follow the Water': Microbial Water Acquisition in Desert Soils

DA Cowan, SC Cary, J DiRuggiero, F Eckardt, B Ferrari… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water availability is the dominant driver of microbial community structure and function in
desert soils. However, these habitats typically only receive very infrequent large-scale water …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variations in Evapotranspiration and Its Driving Factors Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of the …

X Li, Z Pang, F Xue, J Ding, J Wang, T Xu, Z Xu, Y Ma… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The validation of remotely sensed evapotranspiration (ET) products is important for the
development of ET estimation models and the accuracy of the scientific application of the …

Water-use strategies and functional traits explain divergent linkages in physiological responses to simulated precipitation change

Y Wang, C Zhang, X Xiao, H Wu, J Zhang - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
As a part of global climate change, precipitation patterns in arid regions will change
significantly, and the different responses of desert plants to these changes will lead to …

Dew/hoar frost on the canopies and underlying surfaces of two typical desert shrubs in Northwest China and their relevance to drought

X Guo, Y Wang, H Yan, P Liu, Y Tian, G Shang, C Jin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dew and hoar frost are important sources of water available in dryland ecosystems in arid
and semi-arid areas, however, little is known about the quantitative characteristics of …

Breathing phenomenon of soil desiccation cracking: Insights from novel geophysical observations

JJ Xu, CS Tang, Y Yang, L Li, H Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Drought‐induced soil desiccation cracking is a common natural phenomenon on the earth
surface, which plays a significant role in influencing the hydro‐mechanical behavior of soils …

Biophysical controls of dew formation in a typical cropland and its relationship to drought in the North China Plain

X Guo, Y Zhang, T Zha, G Shang, C Jin, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dew, as an important contribution of non-rainfall water (NRW), is found to be an important
hydrological component for ecosystem water stress alleviation and further ecosystem …

Evaluation of the Spatial and Temporal Variations of Condensation and Desublimation over the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Based on Penman Model Using Hourly ERA5 …

H Li, R Chen, C Han, Y Yang - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Condensation and desublimation are important processes of nocturnal land–atmosphere
interactions, energy transfer, and the water cycle, and have important ecological and …

Characteristics of dew/hoar frost from Artemisia ordosica and bare soil based on weighing lysimeters in a semi-arid region

B Ran, C Gong, YL Wang, Z Zhang, W Wang, J Yang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dew and hoar frost are important water resources in arid and semi-arid regions. However,
knowledge of the characteristics of dew/hoar frost formation in the typical shrub canopy of …

Distribution and transformation characteristics of water vapor field in the fissured rock mass and its ecological significance

D Su, J Zhou, H Feng, R Li, X Zheng, Y Zhu, X Han… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Opencast mining has produced a large number of high and steep rock slopes, leading to
serious safety and environmental challenges. Extreme water scarcity conditions severely …

Climate Trends and Wheat Yield in Punjab, Pakistan: Assessing the Change and Impact

SAA Shah, H Wu, MF Farid, WUH Tareen, IH Badar - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Climate change has made weather patterns less predictable, making situations more
challenging for farmers throughout the production process. This study investigates the …