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Kaolinite induces rapid authigenic mineralisation in unburied shrimps.
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-03 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01983-7
Nora Corthésy, Farid Saleh, Jonathan B Antcliffe, Allison C Daley
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Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago.
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01919-1
Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin
{"title":"<i>Homo erectus</i> adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago.","authors":"Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01919-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01919-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Questions about when early members of the genus <i>Homo</i> adapted to extreme environments like deserts and rainforests have traditionally focused on <i>Homo sapiens</i>. Here, we present multidisciplinary evidence from Engaji Nanyori in Tanzania's Oldupai Gorge, revealing that <i>Homo erectus</i> thrived in hyperarid landscapes one million years ago. Using biogeochemical analyses, precise chronometric dating, palaeoclimate simulations, biome modeling, fire history reconstructions, palaeobotanical studies, faunal assemblages, and archeological evidence, we reconstruct an environment dominated by semidesert shrubland. Despite these challenges, <i>Homo erectus</i> repeatedly occupied fluvial landscapes, leveraging water sources and ecological focal points to mitigate risk. These findings suggest archaic humans possessed an ecological flexibility previously attributed only to later hominins. This adaptability likely facilitated the expansion of <i>Homo erectus</i> into the arid regions of Africa and Eurasia, redefining their role as ecological generalists thriving in some of the most challenging landscapes of the Middle Pleistocene.</p>","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11738993/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw.
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-16 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01883-w
Susanna Gartler, Johanna Scheer, Alexandra Meyer, Khaled Abass, Annett Bartsch, Natalia Doloisio, Jade Falardeau, Gustaf Hugelius, Anna Irrgang, Jón Haukur Ingimundarson, Leneisja Jungsberg, Hugues Lantuit, Joan Nymand Larsen, Rachele Lodi, Victoria Sophie Martin, Louise Mercer, David Nielsen, Paul Overduin, Olga Povoroznyuk, Arja Rautio, Peter Schweitzer, Niek Jesse Speetjens, Soňa Tomaškovičová, Ulla Timlin, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, Jorien Vonk, Levi Westerveld, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen
{"title":"A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw.","authors":"Susanna Gartler, Johanna Scheer, Alexandra Meyer, Khaled Abass, Annett Bartsch, Natalia Doloisio, Jade Falardeau, Gustaf Hugelius, Anna Irrgang, Jón Haukur Ingimundarson, Leneisja Jungsberg, Hugues Lantuit, Joan Nymand Larsen, Rachele Lodi, Victoria Sophie Martin, Louise Mercer, David Nielsen, Paul Overduin, Olga Povoroznyuk, Arja Rautio, Peter Schweitzer, Niek Jesse Speetjens, Soňa Tomaškovičová, Ulla Timlin, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, Jorien Vonk, Levi Westerveld, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01883-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01883-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Permafrost thaw poses diverse risks to Arctic environments and livelihoods. Understanding the effects of permafrost thaw is vital for informed policymaking and adaptation efforts. Here, we present the consolidated findings of a risk analysis spanning four study regions: Longyearbyen (Svalbard, Norway), the Avannaata municipality (Greenland), the Beaufort Sea region and the Mackenzie River Delta (Canada) and the Bulunskiy District of the Sakha Republic (Russia). Local stakeholders' and scientists' perceptions shaped our understanding of the risks as dynamic, socionatural phenomena involving physical processes, key hazards, and societal consequences. Through an inter- and transdisciplinary risk analysis based on multidirectional knowledge exchanges and thematic network analysis, we identified five key hazards of permafrost thaw. These include infrastructure failure, disruption of mobility and supplies, decreased water quality, challenges for food security, and exposure to diseases and contaminants. The study's novelty resides in the comparative approach spanning different disciplines, environmental and societal contexts, and the transdisciplinary synthesis considering various risk perceptions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11738985/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143001476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes and product use are a non-ignorable factor in China’ s mitigation 工业生产和产品使用过程中的二氧化碳排放是中国减缓气候变化的一个不可忽视的因素。
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01951-1
Liting Hu, Xiaoyi Hu, Bowei Li, Liya Guo, Di Chen, Yang Yang, Mengyue Ma, Xinhe Li, Rui Feng, Xuekun Fang
{"title":"Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes and product use are a non-ignorable factor in China’ s mitigation","authors":"Liting Hu,&nbsp;Xiaoyi Hu,&nbsp;Bowei Li,&nbsp;Liya Guo,&nbsp;Di Chen,&nbsp;Yang Yang,&nbsp;Mengyue Ma,&nbsp;Xinhe Li,&nbsp;Rui Feng,&nbsp;Xuekun Fang","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01951-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43247-024-01951-1","url":null,"abstract":"China, the largest carbon dioxide (CO2) emitter in the world, is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. However, the characteristics and driving factors of the CO2 emissions from industrial processes and product use (IPPU) in China have been unclear. Here, using the most comprehensive statistics of 18 industrial productions and 2 product uses during 2000–2020, we find China’s IPPU CO2 emissions reached 1628 million metric tons (Mt) in 2020, which were 3.0%–6.5% higher than estimates from other studies. Compared to previous studies identifying main driving factors of combined CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel and IPPU, we show that the main indicators of China’s IPPU emissions growth was the per capita construction area during 2000–2020 (94%). We construct a comprehensive provincial IPPU emission inventory based on the up-to-date provincial-level statistics, identifying the key mitigation regions in China. This study reveals China’s IPPU emissions are the non-ignorable factor in China’s carbon mitigation. China’s carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes and product use were 1628 million metric tons in 2020, and the main driver of the emission growth over the past two decades is per capita construction area, according to an analysis that uses industrial production and process data.","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01951-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142906126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Rocket launches threaten global biodiversity conservation
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01963-x
Lee Ping Ang, Fanhao Kong, Enrique Hernández-Rodríguez, Qiuyu Liu, Carlos Cerrejόn, Mariano J. Feldman, Lei Shu, Li-Xin Ye, Lei Gao, Lee Ling Ang, Xiangbo Yin
{"title":"Rocket launches threaten global biodiversity conservation","authors":"Lee Ping Ang,&nbsp;Fanhao Kong,&nbsp;Enrique Hernández-Rodríguez,&nbsp;Qiuyu Liu,&nbsp;Carlos Cerrejόn,&nbsp;Mariano J. Feldman,&nbsp;Lei Shu,&nbsp;Li-Xin Ye,&nbsp;Lei Gao,&nbsp;Lee Ling Ang,&nbsp;Xiangbo Yin","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01963-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43247-024-01963-x","url":null,"abstract":"Satellite technologies are essential for global conservation actions through providing continuous, real-time Earth monitoring. However, development of these technologies necessitates an increase in rocket launches, which introduces new threats to biodiversity. Here, we mapped rocket launch sites and assessed their threats on protected areas and terrestrial biodiversity. Our analysis revealed that over 90% launch sites are within areas where unprotected habitats excesses 50% and over 62% of operating sites are located within or near protected areas. The threats from rocket launches are potentially associated with biomes, coordinates, and proximity to oceans. In particular, threatened terrestrial species in Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests are more vulnerable to these risks compared to species in other biomes. Without strategic planning, the continued growth of rocket launches could create conflicts between technological development and conservation efforts, undermining the achievement of UN Biodiversity Goals. Over 62% of rocket launch sites are located within or near to protected areas worldwide, which could threaten conservation goals, according to mapping of global rocket launch sites along with biome and threatened terrestrial species datasets.","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01963-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142906161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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eDNA offers opportunities for improved biodiversity monitoring within forest carbon markets
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01970-y
Michael C. Allen, Julie L. Lockwood, Rosa Ibanez, Josh D. Butler, Jordan C. Angle, Benjamin D. Jaffe
{"title":"eDNA offers opportunities for improved biodiversity monitoring within forest carbon markets","authors":"Michael C. Allen,&nbsp;Julie L. Lockwood,&nbsp;Rosa Ibanez,&nbsp;Josh D. Butler,&nbsp;Jordan C. Angle,&nbsp;Benjamin D. Jaffe","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01970-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43247-024-01970-y","url":null,"abstract":"Forest-based carbon sequestration projects incentivize reforestation and restoration activities while offering opportunities to realize co-benefits such as biodiversity conservation. While conservation aspects are increasingly emphasized in these projects, the rigor of biodiversity co-benefit verification has been highly variable. Recent advances in biodiversity monitoring based on shed DNA in the environment (eDNA) offer promise for improving effectiveness, standardization, and transparency. Here we analyze 129 forest carbon projects and 396 peer-reviewed studies to identify how biodiversity co-benefits are currently verified within forest carbon markets, and to evaluate the potential of eDNA for tracking biodiversity change. Our analysis revealed that eDNA studies focused more on smaller organisms (microbes and invertebrates) and on temperate ecosystems compared with biodiversity-focused forest carbon projects. Efforts to align these two worlds via investments into broadening the geographic and taxonomic scope could allow greater adoption and increased accountability in biodiversity monitoring within forest carbon markets (i.e. standardized, auditable biodiversity data trails). Adapting advancements in eDNA technology to the biodiversity monitoring needs of nature-based initiatives will aid countries and organizations striving to meet global conservation commitments. Environmental DNA studies focus more on microbes, invertebrates, and temperate ecosystems, compared to biodiversity-focused forest carbon projects, and both areas need to align to facilitate&nbsp;improved&nbsp;biodiversity monitoring in the forest carbon market, according to the three-phase systematic analysis.","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01970-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142906132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Weakening of subsurface ocean temperature seasonality over the past four decades
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01986-4
Fukai Liu, Yiyong Luo, Fengfei Song, Wen-Xiao Yu, Jian Lu, Lijing Cheng
{"title":"Weakening of subsurface ocean temperature seasonality over the past four decades","authors":"Fukai Liu,&nbsp;Yiyong Luo,&nbsp;Fengfei Song,&nbsp;Wen-Xiao Yu,&nbsp;Jian Lu,&nbsp;Lijing Cheng","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01986-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43247-024-01986-4","url":null,"abstract":"The seasonal cycle, responsible for much of the temperature variability in the upper ocean, exerts profound climatic and ecological influence. While surface intensification of temperature seasonality has been widely examined, changes beneath the ocean surface remain unknown. Here we analyze multiple ocean temperature datasets, revealing a robust, substantial weakening of subsurface seasonality by 5.7 ± 1.8% below the mixed layer in extratropical oceans since the 1980s. Using a hierarchy of climate models and an idealized diffusive model, we attribute this weakening to increased ocean heat uptake driven by rising greenhouse gases. This process strengthens upper ocean stratification, suppresses vertical mixing, and limits heat penetration into deeper ocean layers, resulting in a more quiescent subsurface ocean with reduced seasonal variability. Our findings highlight a new fingerprint of anthropogenic influence on subsurface ocean seasonality, with important implications for ocean biogeochemical processes and marine ecosystems. Since the 1980s, subsurface temperature seasonality in extratropical oceans has decreased by 5.7 ± 1.8% below the mixed layer due to increased heat uptake from greenhouse gases, strengthening upper ocean stratification, and limiting heat penetration into deeper layers, according to analysis of a hierarchy of climate models and an idealized diffusive model.","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01986-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142906142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Author Correction: An intensification of surface Earth’s energy imbalance since the late 20th century
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01979-3
Xuqian Li, Qingxiang Li, Martin Wild, Phil Jones
{"title":"Author Correction: An intensification of surface Earth’s energy imbalance since the late 20th century","authors":"Xuqian Li,&nbsp;Qingxiang Li,&nbsp;Martin Wild,&nbsp;Phil Jones","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01979-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43247-024-01979-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":" ","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01979-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142906160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mediterranean marine heatwaves intensify in the presence of concurrent atmospheric heatwaves
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-31 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01982-8
Francisco Pastor, Laura Paredes-Fortuny, Samira Khodayar
{"title":"Mediterranean marine heatwaves intensify in the presence of concurrent atmospheric heatwaves","authors":"Francisco Pastor,&nbsp;Laura Paredes-Fortuny,&nbsp;Samira Khodayar","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01982-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43247-024-01982-8","url":null,"abstract":"Under climate change, temperature extremes have become more frequent and intense in recent decades, both in the atmosphere and in the ocean with devastating impacts on ecosystems and succeeding socioeconomic consequences. This is particularly true in climate change hotspots such as the Mediterranean region, where spatiotemporal compounding of extreme phenomena is becoming the norm. In the framework of a new spatiotemporal approach to heatwave detection, which tracks the evolution of the phenomena throughout their life cycle, the concurrence of marine and atmospheric heatwaves is investigated in this study. Concurrency of both phenomena in time and space shows a relevant impact on the intensity of the marine heatwaves, while no relevant changes are observed in atmospheric heat waves. Therefore, we demonstrate that intensification in extreme temperature events is accompanied by the added local intensification effect of marine heatwaves when concurring with atmospheric heatwaves, especially in recent years. Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of temperature extremes, especially in the Mediterranean, where the concurrence of marine and atmospheric heatwaves amplifies marine heatwave intensity, while atmospheric heatwaves show no significant changes, according to a spatiotemporal approach to heatwave detection.","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01982-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142906158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Stand structure of tropical forests is strongly associated with primary productivity
IF 8.1 1区 地球科学
Communications Earth & Environment Pub Date : 2024-12-30 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01984-6
Wenmin Zhang, Yanbiao Xi, Martin Brandt, Chunying Ren, Jialing Bai, Qin Ma, Rasmus Fensholt
{"title":"Stand structure of tropical forests is strongly associated with primary productivity","authors":"Wenmin Zhang,&nbsp;Yanbiao Xi,&nbsp;Martin Brandt,&nbsp;Chunying Ren,&nbsp;Jialing Bai,&nbsp;Qin Ma,&nbsp;Rasmus Fensholt","doi":"10.1038/s43247-024-01984-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s43247-024-01984-6","url":null,"abstract":"Stand structure influences the distribution of light and water and thus affects the functioning of forest ecosystems. However, information on stand structure capturing both horizontal and vertical structures of forest canopies simultaneously is lacking. Here we use principal component analysis to derive a stand structural indicator (SSI) index based on four structural metrics derived from GEDI covering tropical forests and upscale the GEDI footprint-level SSI to a spatially continuous distribution using Sentinel-1&amp;2 imagery. The majority of high SSI values representing higher forest height, density and diversity of canopy height, is found for all tropical forest areas in moist regions, natural forests, and regions with less fire activity. We show that SSI is positively correlated with primary productivity and that the sensitivity of productivity to SSI is larger in natural forests than in managed forests. Our results highlight synthesized stand structure information to support sustainable forest management and conservation. A strong link between stand structure and primary productivity is pervasively found in forests across the pantropical region, according to an analysis of GEDI lidar data and Sentinel remote sensing imagery.","PeriodicalId":10530,"journal":{"name":"Communications Earth & Environment","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":8.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01984-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142906154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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