In the United States and Canada, pine forest ecosystems are being dramatically affected by an unprecedented pine beetle infestation attributed to climate change. Both decreased frequency of extremely cold days and warmer winter temperature averages have led to an enphytotic devastating millions of acres...
climateecosystemdisturbanceenergy budgetforcingproductivityregrowthresponsefeedbacksVegetation composition at high latitudes plays a critical role in the climate and, in turn, is strongly affected by the climate. The increased frequency of fires expected as a result of climate war...
areas from climate-related threats; (5) urban forests and trees regulating temperature and water for resilient cities; (6) ecosystems regulating rainfall at the regional scale.While ecosystem services are part of the solution to climate change, they are also affected by changing climatic conditions....
First, the objectivity and details of the results may be affected by the data sources used. The climate change dataset used in this study was the output of five CMIP5 GCMs, but different GCMs have different climate results for different regions, which may impact the results, and the 0.5° ...
Fig. 1: Global patterns of restoration commitments, projected effects of climate change, overexploitation of resources, and political instability. The areas where many restoration activities are being implemented or planned (a) are also disproportionately affected by climate change (b), overexploitation ...
Ecosystem services in arid inland regions are significantly affected by climate change and land use/land cover change associated with agricultural activity. However, the dynamics and relationships of ecosystem services affected by natural and anthropogenic drivers in inland regions are still less understood...
Climate change and rapid socioeconomic development have been proved to greatly affected spatial and temporal dynamics of ecosystem services in different ways (Han and Deng, 2020, Kim et al., 2013, Wang et al., 2008), particularly in many arid and semi-arid regions, where there are more like...
these ecosystems have been subjected to major environmental fluctuations because of climate change and intensified human activities7,8,9,10. These ongoing changes have affected grass growth and the functioning of constituent ecosystem11,12. In this context, net primary productivity (NPP) is one key ...
The model’s purpose is to demonstrate how the concentration of draining surface water is affected by the slope of the underlying surface when minor local slopes caused by randomly distributed small topographic irregularities are also present. The flow of water over the inclined plane is simulated ...
Owing to climate change, glacier retreat [84], urban expansion, and human activities, ecological degradation has occurred in some areas of the Qilian Mountains. Therefore, managing and developing land resources more scientifically and sensibly, maintaining biodiversity, and promoting sustainable development...