Aridity

number of breaks: 1

showing 1-1 of 1 breaks

show sort by

Arid lands transform abruptly as aridity increases

Climate change poses a concrete threat to arid ecosystems, in which water is limited (it rains less than 65% of what is evaporated). These dry ecosystems cover almost half of the terrestrial surface and are predicted to go through increased aridification, which endangers the plants... click to read more

Miguel Berdugo | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), 08003, Barcelona, Spain

ecology

Drylands

Thresholds

Abrupt Shift

Aridity

Reading time 3 min

published on Dec 15, 2020

Editor's picks