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Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades

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  • Zhenzhong Zeng

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

  • 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
    Center for Excellence in Tibetan Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Laurent Z. X. Li

    (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06)

  • Liming Zhou

    (University at Albany, State University of New York)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ)

  • Tao Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Center for Excellence in Tibetan Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • 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)

  • Eric F. Wood

    (Princeton University)

  • Pierre Friedlingstein

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

  • Jiafu Mao

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Lyndon D. Estes

    (Princeton University
    Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
    Graduate School of Geography, Clark University)

  • Ranga B. Myneni

    (Boston University, Boston)

  • Shushi Peng

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

  • Xiaoying Shi

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Sonia I. Seneviratne

    (Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich)

  • Yingping Wang

    (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere)

Abstract

Greening—increasing leaf area index—affects regional climate in a number of contradictory ways. The net global effect is now revealed to be cooling that has offset the equivalent of 12% of global land-surface warming over the past 30 years.

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  • Zhenzhong Zeng & Shilong Piao & Laurent Z. X. Li & Liming Zhou & Philippe Ciais & Tao Wang & Yue Li & Xu Lian & Eric F. Wood & Pierre Friedlingstein & Jiafu Mao & Lyndon D. Estes & Ranga B. Myneni & S, 2017. "Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(6), pages 432-436, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate3299
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3299
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    1. Xu Lian & Sujong Jeong & Chang-Eui Park & Hao Xu & Laurent Z. X. Li & Tao Wang & Pierre Gentine & Josep Peñuelas & Shilong Piao, 2022. "Biophysical impacts of northern vegetation changes on seasonal warming patterns," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Yitao Li & Zhao-Liang Li & Hua Wu & Chenghu Zhou & Xiangyang Liu & Pei Leng & Peng Yang & Wenbin Wu & Ronglin Tang & Guo-Fei Shang & Lingling Ma, 2023. "Biophysical impacts of earth greening can substantially mitigate regional land surface temperature warming," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Wu, Jie & Feng, Yu & Liang, Lili & He, Xinyue & Zeng, Zhenzhong, 2022. "Assessing evapotranspiration observed from ECOSTRESS using flux measurements in agroecosystems," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 269(C).
    4. Jingmeng Wang & Wei Li & Philippe Ciais & Laurent Z. X. Li & Jinfeng Chang & Daniel Goll & Thomas Gasser & Xiaomeng Huang & Narayanappa Devaraju & Olivier Boucher, 2021. "Global cooling induced by biophysical effects of bioenergy crop cultivation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    5. Zhao Li & Philippe Ciais & Jonathon S. Wright & Yong Wang & Shu Liu & Jingmeng Wang & Laurent Z. X. Li & Hui Lu & Xiaomeng Huang & Lei Zhu & Daniel S. Goll & Wei Li, 2023. "Increased precipitation over land due to climate feedback of large-scale bioenergy cultivation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
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    7. Liang Qiao & Zhiyan Zuo & Renhe Zhang & Shilong Piao & Dong Xiao & Kaiwen Zhang, 2023. "Soil moisture–atmosphere coupling accelerates global warming," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

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