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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Ecol. Evol.
Sec. Conservation and Restoration Ecology
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fevo.2025.1513189
This article is part of the Research Topic Water and Ecological System: Response, Management, and Restoration-Volume II View all 11 articles

Vegetation greening and climate change respectively regulates the long-term trend and interannual variability in evapotranspiration over the Loess Plateau since the 21 st century

Provisionally accepted
Qiaoyin Tan Qiaoyin Tan 1Ting Hua Ting Hua 1*Haichen Zhao Haichen Zhao 1Peiye Zhou Peiye Zhou 2
  • 1 Northwest University, Xi'an, China
  • 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, Beijing, China

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    Since the 21st century, the large-scale afforestation project has led to significant vegetation greening on the Loess Plateau, resulting in ecosystem restoration and improved soil conservation. However, it has also contributed to soil aridification, declines in groundwater levels, and shortages in terrestrial water storage. These adverse impacts are attributed to substantial increases in evapotranspiration (ET), which has led to additional water consumption.Nevertheless, the mechanisms driving variations in ET remain controversial due to the complex interactions among multiple forcing factors. In this study, we separately analyzed the

    Keywords: evapotranspiration, Vegetation greening, climatic factors, Loess plateau, Longterm trends, interannual variability

    Received: 18 Oct 2024; Accepted: 14 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Tan, Hua, Zhao and Zhou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ting Hua, Northwest University, Xi'an, China

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