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Greening of the Earth and its drivers

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  • Zaichun Zhu

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

  • Shilong Piao

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

  • Ranga B. Myneni

    (Boston University)

  • Mengtian Huang

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

  • Zhenzhong Zeng

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

  • Josep G. Canadell

    (Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
    Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE), CEA CNRS UVSQ)

  • Stephen Sitch

    (College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter)

  • Pierre Friedlingstein

    (College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter)

  • Almut Arneth

    (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • Chunxiang Cao

    (State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lei Cheng

    (CSIRO Land and Water)

  • Etsushi Kato

    (Institute of Applied Energy (IAE))

  • Charles Koven

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

  • Yue Li

    (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)

  • Yongwen Liu

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

  • Ronggao Liu

    (LREIS, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jiafu Mao

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Yaozhong Pan

    (College of Resources Science & Technology, State Key Laboratory of Earth Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University)

  • Shushi Peng

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

  • Josep Peñuelas

    (CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CEAB-UAB
    CREAF)

  • Benjamin Poulter

    (Montana State University)

  • Thomas A. M. Pugh

    (Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham)

  • Benjamin D. Stocker

    (Imperial College London
    Climate and Environmental Physics, and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern)

  • Nicolas Viovy

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

  • Xuhui Wang

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

  • Yingping Wang

    (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere)

  • Zhiqiang Xiao

    (State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, School of Geography, Beijing Normal University)

  • Hui Yang

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

  • Sönke Zaehle

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie)

  • Ning Zeng

    (University of Maryland)

Abstract

Satellite records combined with global ecosystem models show a persistent and widespread greening over 25–50% of the global vegetated area; less than 4% of the globe is browning. CO2 fertilization explains 70% of the observed greening trend.

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  • Zaichun Zhu & Shilong Piao & Ranga B. Myneni & Mengtian Huang & Zhenzhong Zeng & Josep G. Canadell & Philippe Ciais & Stephen Sitch & Pierre Friedlingstein & Almut Arneth & Chunxiang Cao & Lei Cheng &, 2016. "Greening of the Earth and its drivers," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(8), pages 791-795, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:8:d:10.1038_nclimate3004
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3004
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