Geophysical Research Letters VOL.53 ISSUE 15 | 7 August 2026
Gamma Rays Signal the Vulnerability of Forest to Extreme Drought
Gavan S McGrath + Joseph B Fontaine + Richard Van Dongen ...
Extreme drought and heat are driving forest die‐off globally, yet regional‐scale mapping of subsurface water storage capacity, governing forest vulnerability, remains a major...
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.53 ISSUE 15 | 7 August 2026
Impacts of Future Oil Palm Expansion on Carbon and Hydrological Fluxes Across the Tropics
Ru Xu + Yuanchao Fan + Ashehad A Ali ...
Future oil palm expansion could substantially alter tropical carbon and water cycles, but its regional impacts remain unclear. Using CLM5‐palm, we simulate large‐scale oil...
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.53 ISSUE 14 | 10 July 2026
Ecohydrologic Processes Modify Urban Rainfall Intensification in Land‐Atmosphere Simulations
G Aaron Alexander + Daniel B Wright + Carolyn B Voter ...
Ecohydrologic processes influence urban water and energy cycles including convective rainfall. Coupled land‐atmosphere models, however, lack fine‐scale representation of urban...
Water Resources Research VOL.62 ISSUE 7 | 23 July 2026
Natural Vegetation Dynamics Confound the Impact of Ecological Restoration on Dryland Hydrology
Yangbin Huang + Huimin Lei + Limin Duan ...
Large‐scale ecological restoration (ER) projects have increased shrub and grass cover and growth in arid and semi‐arid regions, but concurrently reduced terrestrial water...
Earth's Future VOL.14 ISSUE 7 | 26 July 2026
Asynchronous Emergence of Water Scarcity Risks Amid Shifting Hydrological Regimes in High Mountain Asia
Ruiying Zhao + Yuheng Yang
High Mountain Asia functions as a critical hydrological hub, supporting water security and the livelihoods of billions downstream. However, reliable assessments of future...