TY - JOUR
T1 - Divergent response of aridity index to historical land use and land cover change
AU - Tang, Tao
AU - Ge, Jun
AU - Shi, Haiyun
AU - Cao, Junji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - By using model simulations, we show that historical land use and land cover change since 1850 has impacted aridity index (AI) worldwide, causing divergent responses in different regions. Locally, AI tends to increase (getting humid) in reforestation regions and most humid regions. Owing to these changes, the area of the humid zone expanded insignificantly by 0.22% of the global land area at the expense of drylands.
AB - By using model simulations, we show that historical land use and land cover change since 1850 has impacted aridity index (AI) worldwide, causing divergent responses in different regions. Locally, AI tends to increase (getting humid) in reforestation regions and most humid regions. Owing to these changes, the area of the humid zone expanded insignificantly by 0.22% of the global land area at the expense of drylands.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/86000113414
U2 - 10.1038/s41612-025-00978-1
DO - 10.1038/s41612-025-00978-1
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:86000113414
SN - 2397-3722
VL - 8
JO - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
JF - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
IS - 1
M1 - 88
ER -
