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Seasonal stabilization effects slowed the greening of the Northern Hemisphere over the last two decades
Friday, July 11, 2025
In a new article in Nature Communications, Wen Zhang, Matt Dannenberg, and colleagues show that seasonal feedbacks slowed the rate of autumn vegetation greening of the Northern Hemisphere.

Feng Wang publishes new article on precipitation variability in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Friday, June 13, 2025
In a new article in Geophysical Research Letters, Wang et al. use a millennial tree-ring reconstruction and climate simulations to show that recent humidification of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is exceptional and that wet-to-dry transitions are unprecedented over the past millennium.

Miriam Johnston publishes new research on plant responses to vapor pressure deficit
Friday, March 7, 2025
In a new paper in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Miriam Johnston shows that carbon and water fluxes of U.S. ecosystems respond differently to vapor pressure deficit if it's driven by high temperatures than if it's driven by low humidity.