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Diagnose the CO2 fertilization effect from observations
Chen, C.*, Riley, W. J., Prentice, I. C., Keenan, T. F*. (2022). CO2 fertilization of terrestrial photosynthesis inferred from site to global scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,119, e2115627119, https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2115627119
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DOE Berkeley Lab: Eddy Fluxes Are Key to Quantifying How Much More Plants Photosynthesize with Increased Atmospheric CO2
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Earth greening cools the land surface by increasing the efficiency of water vapor and heat transfer to the atmosphere
Chen, C.*, Li, D.*, Li, Y., Piao, S., Wang, X., Huang, M., Gentine, P., Nemani, R. R., & Myneni, R.B. (2020). Biophysical impacts of Earth greening largely controlled by aerodynamic resistance, Science Advances, 6(47), eabb1981. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb1981
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A review for Earth greening from characteristics to drivers and feedbacks
Piao, S.*, Wang, X., Park, T., Chen, C., Lian, X., He, Y., Bjerke, J. W., Chen, A., Ciais, P., Tømmervik, H., Nemani, R. R. & Myneni, R. B. (2019). Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 359(1763), 716–14. http://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-019-0001-x
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The Brink @ Boston University: As Our Planet Gets Greener, Plants Are Slowing Global Warming
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China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management
Chen, C.*, Park, T., Wang, X., Piao, S., Xu, B., Chaturvedi, R. K., Fuchs, R., Brovkin, V., Ciais, P., Fensholt, R., Tømmervik, H., Bala, G., Zhu, Z., Nemani, R. R. & Myneni, R. B. (2019). China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management. Nature Sustainability, 2,122–129. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0220-7
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Nature Sustainability's 2nd Anniversary
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NASA: Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth, NASA Study Shows
The Brink @ Boston University: Humans Are Officially Greening the Earth. Is That a Good Thing?
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology: China and India dominate in greening the Earth
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: China und Indien Spitzenreiter beim Begrünen der Erde
Norsk institutt for naturforskning – NINA: Kina og India leder an i forgrønningen av jorda
People's Daily: “绿化地球，中国是榜样”
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