Drought threat to terrestrial gross primary production exacerbated by wildfires

Autor: Xuezheng Zong, Xiaorui Tian, Xiaodong Liu, Lifu Shu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2662-4435
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01406-7
Popis: Abstract Frequent droughts have aggravated the occurrence of wildfires and led to substantial losses in terrestrial ecosystems. However, our understanding of compound drought-wildfire events, including the hotspots, spatiotemporal patterns, trends, and their impacts on global vegetation growth, remains unclear. Utilizing satellite data on terrestrial water storage, burned areas, and gross primary production (GPP) from 2002 to 2020, we identified a positive correlation between droughts and wildfires and mapped the global patterns of compound drought-wildfire events. Approximately 38.6% of vegetated areas across the globe witnessed rise in probability of compound drought-wildfire events (
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