dryland

A lot of my research has been on dryland birds in New Mexico, many of which have drab gray or brown plumage.

Han Chen's team's results highlight the complex linkages between biodiversity, ecosystem function, and climate change in dryland forests.

The team utilized 57 years of inventory data -- spanning from 1958 to 2015 -- of dryland biomes in Canada, finding that climate warming does not adversely affect forests with resource-gaining characteristics.

Oases are important habitats and water sources for dryland regions, sustaining 10% of the world's population despite taking up about 1.5% of land area.

The researchers used satellite data to look for green, vegetated areas within dryland areas, indicating an oasis, and tracked changes over 25 years.