MBV acknowledges support from Juan de la Cierva Formacion fellowship program (FJCI-2018-036520-I) Spanish Ministry of Science. B.V. and R.S have been funded by PR01018-EC-H2020-FETOpen MADONNA project. R.S. also counted with the Santa Fe Institute, Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Economia Coneixement Generalitat Catalunya. FTM European Research Council grant agreement no 6...

Drylands occupy 43% of the African continent and play an important role in global carbon cycle supporting local livelihoods. Understanding how dryland ecosystems respond to environmental changes, both structurally functionally, is great significance for sustainable management. In this article, we review current remote sensing-based knowledge on ecosystem dynamics main drivers changes. Global CO...

Global dryland areas are vulnerable to climate change and anthropogenic activities, making it essential understand the primary drivers quantify their effects on vegetation growth. In this study, we used Time Series Segmented Residual Trends (TSS-RESTREND) method attribute changes in CO2, land use, change, variability Chinese American areas. Our analysis showed that both drylands have undergone ...

Hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas cover approximately 41% of the global land area. The human population in drylands, currently estimated at 2.7 billion, faces limited access to sufficient, affordable, nutritious food. We discuss interlinkages among water security, environmental energy economic health food security governance, how they affect drylands. Reliable adequate supply, p...