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SUBMITTER: Zhou S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754607 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Sha S Williams A Park AP Berg Alexis M AM Cook Benjamin I BI Zhang Yao Y Hagemann Stefan S Lorenz Ruth R Seneviratne Sonia I SI Gentine Pierre P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190903 38
Compound extremes such as cooccurring soil drought (low soil moisture) and atmospheric aridity (high vapor pressure deficit) can be disastrous for natural and societal systems. Soil drought and atmospheric aridity are 2 main physiological stressors driving widespread vegetation mortality and reduced terrestrial carbon uptake. Here, we empirically demonstrate that strong negative coupling between soil moisture and vapor pressure deficit occurs globally, indicating high probability of cooccurring ...[more]