Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 3777 - 9
• Main Authors: Jiao, Wenzhe, Wang, Lixin, Smith, William K., Chang, Qing, Wang, Honglang, D’Odorico, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.06.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/158/2165; 704/242; Carbon dioxide; Climate Change; Drought; Droughts; Ecosystem; Global warming; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Northern Hemisphere; Plant Development - physiology; Plants; Productivity; Response time; Satellite Imagery; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Solar radiation; Trends; Vegetation; Vegetation growth; Water; Water deficit; Water Resources; Water scarcity; Northern Hemisphere

Despite the growing interest in predicting global and regional trends in vegetation productivity in response to a changing climate, changes in water constraint on vegetation productivity (i.e., water limitations on vegetation growth) remain poorly understood. Here we conduct a comprehensive evaluati...