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Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface

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  • Jiafu Mao

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Aurélien Ribes

    (Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Météo-France/CNRS)

  • Binyan Yan

    (Jackson School of Geosciences, the University of Texas)

  • Xiaoying Shi

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Peter E. Thornton

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Roland Séférian

    (Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Météo-France/CNRS)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE)

  • Ranga B. Myneni

    (Boston University)

  • Hervé Douville

    (Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Météo-France/CNRS)

  • Shilong Piao

    (Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
    Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science)

  • Zaichun Zhu

    (Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University)

  • Robert E. Dickinson

    (Jackson School of Geosciences, the University of Texas)

  • Yongjiu Dai

    (College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University)

  • Daniel M. Ricciuto

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Mingzhou Jin

    (University of Tennessee)

  • Forrest M. Hoffman

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Bin Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics
    Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University)

  • Mengtian Huang

    (Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University)

  • Xu Lian

    (Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University)

Abstract

Observed northern extratropical land greening is consistent with anthropogenic forcings, where greenhouse gases play a dominant role, but not with simulations that include only natural forcings and internal climate variability.

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  • Jiafu Mao & Aurélien Ribes & Binyan Yan & Xiaoying Shi & Peter E. Thornton & Roland Séférian & Philippe Ciais & Ranga B. Myneni & Hervé Douville & Shilong Piao & Zaichun Zhu & Robert E. Dickinson & Yo, 2016. "Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(10), pages 959-963, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:10:d:10.1038_nclimate3056
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3056
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    Cited by:

    1. Pinki Mondal & Sonali Shukla McDermid, 2021. "Editorial for Special Issue: “Global Vegetation and Land Surface Dynamics in a Changing Climate”," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-4, January.
    2. Yuzhen Zhang & Shunlin Liang & Zhiqiang Xiao, 2020. "Observed Vegetation Greening and Its Relationships with Cropland Changes and Climate in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-19, August.
    3. Liu, Zhengjia & Wang, Jieyong & Wang, Xiaoyue & Wang, Yongsheng, 2020. "Understanding the impacts of ‘Grain for Green’ land management practice on land greening dynamics over the Loess Plateau of China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    4. Jing Peng & Fuqiang Yang & Li Dan & Xiba Tang, 2022. "Estimation of China’s Contribution to Global Greening over the Past Three Decades," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-16, March.

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