2 papers
physics.ao-ph2026
On the Methodology for Assessing Vegetation Impacts on the Atmospheric Branch of the Hydrological Cycle
A. M. Makarieva, A. V. Nefiodov, A. D. Nobre +3
China has undertaken unprecedented, state-driven vegetation restoration on a continental scale. This large-scale land-surface intervention offers a rare opportunity to assess how d…
physics.ao-ph2025
Seeing Forests Through Clouds: Comment on "Recent global temperature surge amplified by record-low planetary albedo" (arXiv:2405.19986)
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Andrei V. Nefiodov, Antonio D. Nobre +10
Goessling et al. (1) link the record-breaking warming anomaly of 2023 to a global albedo decline due to reduced low-level cloud cover. What caused the reduction remains unclear. Go…