Chang Lu

2 weeks ago | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Chang Lu |Qiang Zhang |R. Iestyn Woolway |Long Ma |Xing Huang

1 Introduction Drylands account for approximately 41% of the global land area, with 90% of these regions located in developing countries (Li et al., 2021). Notably, more than 38% of the global population is increasingly affected by intensifying droughts (Naumann et al., 2021). Drylands are particularly vulnerable to climate change (Stringer et al., 2021).