Land Management Contributes significantly to observed Vegetation Browning in Syria during 2001–2018

Climate change and human activities have significant impacts on terrestrial vegetation. Syria is a typical arid region with a water-limited ecosystem and has experienced severe social unrest over the last decades. In this study, changes in vegetation and potential drivers in Syria are investigated....

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Published in:Biogeosciences 2022-03, Vol.19 (5), p.1515-1525
Main Authors: Chen, Tiexi, Guo, Renjie, Yan, Qingyun, Chen, Xin, Zhou, Shengjie, Liang, Chuanzhuang, Wei, Xueqiong, Dolman, Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Analysis
Arid regions
Arid zones
Browning
Climate and human activity
Climate and vegetation
Climate change
Climatic changes
Datasets
Deserts
Drought
Fertilizers
High temperature
Land management
Land use
Land use planning
Pesticides
Precipitation
Radiation
Radiative forcing
Rain
Rainfall
Remote sensing
River basins
Seeds
Social unrest
Terrestrial environments
Trends
Vegetation
Vegetation index
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Summary:Climate change and human activities have significant impacts on terrestrial vegetation. Syria is a typical arid region with a water-limited ecosystem and has experienced severe social unrest over the last decades. In this study, changes in vegetation and potential drivers in Syria are investigated. By using an enhanced vegetation index (EVI), a general browning trend is found in Syria during 2001–2018, with the EVI decreasing at a rate of −0.8 × 10−3 yr−1 (p
ISSN:1726-4189
1726-4170
1726-4189
DOI:10.5194/bg-19-1515-2022