Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth

2019 Science Advances 1,482 citations

Abstract

Global vegetation greening trend stalled after the late 1990s due to increased atmospheric water demand.

Keywords

GreeningVegetation (pathology)Environmental scienceVapour Pressure DeficitAtmospheric pressureAtmospheric sciencesWater vaporClimatologyMeteorologyEcologyGeographyTranspirationPhotosynthesisBiologyMedicineGeologyBotany

MeSH Terms

ClimateClimate ChangeEnvironmental MonitoringModelsBiologicalPlant DevelopmentPlantsSatellite ImagerySteamVapor Pressure

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Publication Info

Year
2019
Type
article
Volume
5
Issue
8
Pages
eaax1396-eaax1396
Citations
1482
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Wenping Yuan, Yi Zheng, Shilong Piao et al. (2019). Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth. Science Advances , 5 (8) , eaax1396-eaax1396. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax1396

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DOI
10.1126/sciadv.aax1396
PMID
31453338
PMCID
PMC6693914

Data Quality

Data completeness: 90%