Notes: * denotes corresponding author; bold denotes Prof. Laibao Liu’s lab members; Highly cited paper ESI Highly Cited Paper (1%); Hot paper ESI Hot Paper (0.1%)

Selected Publications

Carbon Sink: Land Carbon Cycle under Climate Change


Laibao Liu*, Philippe Ciais, Mengxi Wu, Ryan S. Padrón, Pierre Friedlingstein, Jonas Schwaab, Lukas Gudmundsson, and Sonia I. Seneviratne. 2023. Increasingly negative tropical water–interannual CO2 growth rate coupling. Nature 618 (7966):755-760. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06056-x [pdf]

Laibao Liu*, Lukas Gudmundsson, Mathias Hauser, Dahe Qin, Shuangcheng Li, and Sonia I. Seneviratne*. 2020. Soil moisture dominates dryness stress on ecosystem production globally. Nature Communications 11 (1):4892. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18631-1 [pdf] (500+ citations) Highly cited paper ; Hot paper for 2021-2023

Laibao Liu*, Rosie A. Fisher, Hervé Douville, Ryan S. Padrón, Alexis Berg, Jiafu Mao, Andrea Alessandri, Hyungjun Kim, and Sonia I. Seneviratne. 2024. No constraint on long-term tropical land carbon-climate feedback uncertainties from interannual variability. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1):348. doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01504-6 [pdf]

Carbon Source: Net-zero Energy System under Climate Change


Laibao Liu*, Gang He, Mengxi Wu*, Gang Liu, Haoran Zhang, Ying Chen, Jiashu Shen, and Shuangcheng Li. 2023. Climate Change Impacts on Planned Supply–Demand Match in Global Wind and Solar Energy Systems. Nature Energy 8(8): 870–880. doi: 10.1038/s41560-023-01304-w [pdf]

Laibao Liu*#, Yang Wang*#, Zheng Wang, Shuangcheng Li*, Jiangtao Li, Gang He, Yan Li, Yanxu Liu, Shilong Piao, Ziqi Gao, Rui Chang, Wenjun Tang, Kejun Jiang, Shijin Wang, Jun Wang, Lin Zhao, and Qingchen Chao. 2022. Potential Contributions of Wind and Solar Power to China’s Carbon Neutrality. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 180: 106155. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106155 (#, contribute equally) [pdf] Highly cited paper

Laibao Liu, Zheng Wang, Yang Wang*, Jun Wang, Rui Chang, Gang He, Wenjun Tang, Ziqi Gao, Jiangtao Li, Changyi Liu, Lin Zhao, Dahe Qin, Shuangcheng Li*. 2020. Optimizing Wind/Solar Combinations at Finer Scales to Mitigate Renewable Energy Variability in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 132: 110151. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110151 [pdf]

Peer-reviewed Journal papers

2024

[29] Laibao Liu*, Rosie A. Fisher, Hervé Douville, Ryan S. Padrón, Alexis Berg, Jiafu Mao, Andrea Alessandri, Hyungjun Kim, and Sonia I. Seneviratne. 2024. No constraint on long-term tropical land carbon-climate feedback uncertainties from interannual variability. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1):348. doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01504-6 [pdf]

[28] Treydte, Kerstin*, Laibao Liu, Ryan S. Padrón, Elisabet Martínez-Sancho, Flurin Babst, David C. Frank, Arthur Gessler, Ansgar Kahmen, Benjamin Poulter, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Annemiek I. Stegehuis, Rob Wilson, Laia Andreu-Hayles, Roderick Bale, Zdzislaw Bednarz, Tatjana Boettger, Frank Berninger, Ulf Büntgen, Valerie Daux, Isabel Dorado-Liñán, Jan Esper, Michael Friedrich, Mary Gagen, Michael Grabner, Håkan Grudd, Björn E. Gunnarsson, Emilia Gutiérrez, Polona Hafner, Marika Haupt, Emmi Hilasvuori, Ingo Heinrich, Gerhard Helle, Risto Jalkanen, Högne Jungner, Maarit Kalela-Brundin, Andreas Kessler, Andreas Kirchhefer, Stephan Klesse, Marek Krapiec, Tom Levanič, Markus Leuenberger, Hans W. Linderholm, Danny McCarroll, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Slawomira Pawelczyk, Anna Pazdur, Octavi Planells, Rutile Pukiene, Katja T. Rinne-Garmston, Iain Robertson, Antonio Saracino, Matthias Saurer, Gerhard H. Schleser, Kristina Seftigen, Rolf T. W. Siegwolf, Eloni Sonninen, Michel Stievenard, Elzbieta Szychowska-Krapiec, Malgorzata Szymaszek, Luigi Todaro, John S. Waterhouse, Martin Weigl-Kuska, Rosemarie B. Weigt, Rupert Wimmer, Ewan J. Woodley, Adomas Vitas, Giles Young, and Neil J. Loader. 2024. Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years. Nature Geoscience 17 (1):58-65. doi: 10.1038/s41561-023-01335-8 [pdf]

2023

[27] Laibao Liu*, Philippe Ciais, Mengxi Wu, Ryan S. Padrón, Pierre Friedlingstein, Jonas Schwaab, Lukas Gudmundsson, and Sonia I. Seneviratne. 2023. Increasingly negative tropical water–interannual CO2 growth rate coupling. Nature 618 (7966):755-760. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06056-x [pdf]

[26] Laibao Liu*, Gang He, Mengxi Wu*, Gang Liu, Haoran Zhang, Ying Chen, Jiashu Shen, and Shuangcheng Li. 2023. Climate Change Impacts on Planned Supply–Demand Match in Global Wind and Solar Energy Systems. Nature Energy 8(8): 870–880. doi: 10.1038/s41560-023-01304-w [pdf]

[25] Weiduo Zhou, Guiyang Zhuang*, and Laibao Liu. 2023. Comprehensive assessment of energy supply-side and demand-side coordination on pathways to carbon neutrality of the Yangtze River Delta in China. Journal of Cleaner Production 404:136904. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136904 [pdf]

[24] Shuyao Wu*, Laibao Liu, Delong Li, Wentao Zhang, Kaidu Liu, Jiashu Shen, and Linbo Zhang*. 2023. Global desert expansion during the 21st century: Patterns, predictors and signals. Land Degradation & Development 34 (2):377-388. doi: 10.1002/ldr.4466 [pdf]

[23] Shuyao Wu*, Delong Li, Laibao Liu, Wentao Zhang, Kaidu Liu, Weiyang Zhao, Jiashu Shen, Chaozhi Hao, and Linbo Zhang*. 2023. Global patterns and influencing factors of post-fire land cover change. Global and Planetary Change 223:104076. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104076 [pdf]

[22] Jiashu Shen, Shuangcheng Li*, Huan Wang, Shuyao Wu, Ze Liang, Yatong Zhang, Feili Wei, Shuang Li, Lin Ma, Yueyao Wang, Laibao Liu, and Yajuan Zhang. 2023. Understanding the spatial relationships and drivers of ecosystem service supply-demand mismatches towards spatially-targeted management of social-ecological system. Journal of Cleaner Production 406:136882. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136882 [pdf]

[21] Weiyang Zhao, Shuyao Wu*, Xin Chen, Jiashu Shen, Feili Wei, Delong Li, Laibao Liu, and Shuangcheng Li. 2023. How would ecological restoration affect multiple ecosystem service supplies and tradeoffs? A study of mine tailings restoration in China. Ecological Indicators 153:110451. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110451 [pdf]

2022

[20] Laibao Liu*#, Yang Wang*#, Zheng Wang, Shuangcheng Li*, Jiangtao Li, Gang He, Yan Li, Yanxu Liu, Shilong Piao, Ziqi Gao, Rui Chang, Wenjun Tang, Kejun Jiang, Shijin Wang, Jun Wang, Lin Zhao, and Qingchen Chao. 2022. Potential Contributions of Wind and Solar Power to China’s Carbon Neutrality. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 180: 106155. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106155 [pdf] (#, contribute equally)

[19] Laibao Liu*, Lukas Gudmundsson, Mathias Hauser, and Sonia I. Seneviratne*. 2022. Reply to: Large influence of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on ecosystem production efficiency. Nature Communications 13 (1):1654. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29010-3 [pdf]

[18] Ryan S. Padrón*, Lukas Gudmundsson, Laibao Liu, Vincent Humphrey, and Sonia I. Seneviratne. 2022. Drivers of intermodel uncertainty in land carbon sink projections. Biogeosciences 19 (23):5435-5448. doi: 10.5194/bg-19-5435-2022 [pdf]

[17] Haoran Zhang, Ruixiong Li*, Xingrui Cai, Chaoyue Zheng, Laibao Liu, Maodian Liu, Qianru Zhang, Huiming Lin, Long Chen, and Xuejun Wang*. 2022. Do electricity flows hamper regional economic–environmental equity? Applied Energy 326:120001. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120001 [pdf]

[16] Huan Wang, Shijie Yan, Philippe Ciais, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Laibao Liu, Yan Li, Zheng Fu, Hongliang Ma, Ze Liang, Feili Wei, Yueyao Wang, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2022. Exploring complex water stress–gross primary production relationships: Impact of climatic drivers, main effects, and interactive effects.Global Change Biology 28 (13):4110-4123. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16201 [pdf]

2021

[15] Jiashu Shen, Shuangcheng Li*, Laibao Liu, Ze Liang, Yueyao Wang, Huan Wang, and Shuyao Wu. 2021. Uncovering the relationships between ecosystem services and social-ecological drivers at different spatial scales in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Journal of Cleaner Production 290:125193. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125193 [pdf]

[14] Yatong Zhang, Delong Li, Laibao Liu, Ze Liang, Jiashu Shen, Feili Wei, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2021. Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Surface Urban Heat Island and Its Driving Factors Based on Local Climate Zones and Population in Beijing, China. Atmosphere 12 (10). doi:10.3390/atmos12101271 [pdf]

[13] Huan Wang, Laibao Liu, Le Yin, Jiashu Shen, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2021. Exploring the complex relationships and drivers of ecosystem services across different geomorphological types in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China (2000–2018). Ecological Indicators 121:107116. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107116 [pdf]

2020

[12] Laibao Liu*, Lukas Gudmundsson, Mathias Hauser, Dahe Qin, Shuangcheng Li, and Sonia I. Seneviratne*. 2020. Soil moisture dominates dryness stress on ecosystem production globally. Nature Communications 11 (1):4892. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18631-1 [pdf]

[11] Laibao Liu, Zheng Wang, Yang Wang*, Jun Wang, Rui Chang, Gang He, Wenjun Tang, Ziqi Gao, Jiangtao Li, Changyi Liu, Lin Zhao, Dahe Qin, Shuangcheng Li*. 2020. Optimizing Wind/Solar Combinations at Finer Scales to Mitigate Renewable Energy Variability in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 132: 110151. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110151 [pdf]

[10] Jiashu Shen, Shuangcheng Li*, Ze Liang, Laibao Liu, Delong Li, and Shuyao Wu. 2020. Exploring the heterogeneity and nonlinearity of trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services bundles in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration. Ecosystem Services 43:101103. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101103 [pdf]

2019

[9] Laibao Liu*, Lukas Gudmundsson, Mathias Hauser, Dahe Qin, Shuangcheng Li, and Sonia I. Seneviratne. 2019. Revisiting assessments of ecosystem drought recovery. Environmental Research Letters 14 (11):114028. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab4c61 [pdf]

[8] Laibao Liu, Zheng Wang, Yang Wang, Yatong Zhang, Jiashu Shen, Dahe Qin, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2019. Trade-off analyses of multiple mountain ecosystem services along elevation, vegetation cover and precipitation gradients: A case study in the Taihang Mountains. Ecological Indicators 103:94-104. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.034 [pdf]

[7] Laibao Liu, Yang Wang, Zheng Wang, Delong Li, Yatong Zhang, Dahe Qin, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2019. Elevation-dependent decline in vegetation greening rate driven by increasing dryness based on three satellite NDVI datasets on the Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Indicators 107:105569. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105569 [pdf]

[6] Laibao Liu, Yang Wang, Nanshan You, Ze Liang, Dahe Qin, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2019. Changes in aridity and its driving factors in China during 1961–2016. International Journal of Climatology 39 (1):50-60. doi: 10.1002/joc.5781 [pdf]

2018

[5] Laibao Liu, Shushi Peng, Amir AghaKouchak, Yuanyuan Huang, Yan Li, Dahe Qin, Aili Xie, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2018. Broad Consistency Between Satellite and Vegetation Model Estimates of Net Primary Productivity Across Global and Regional Scales. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123 (12):3603-3616. doi: 10.1029/2018JG004760 [pdf]

[4] Laibao Liu, Yatong Zhang, Shuyao Wu, Shuangcheng Li*, and Dahe Qin. 2018. Water memory effects and their impacts on global vegetation productivity and resilience. Scientific Reports 8 (1):2962. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21339-4 [pdf]

[3] Delong Li, Shuyao Wu, Laibao Liu, Yatong Zhang, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2018. Vulnerability of the global terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Global Change Biology 24 (9):4095-4106. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14327 [pdf]

[2] Haoran Zhang, Long Chen, Yindong Tong, Wei Zhang, Wen Yang, Maodian Liu, Laibao Liu, Huanhuan Wang, and Xuejun Wang*. 2018. Impacts of supply and consumption structure on the mercury emission in China: An input-output analysis based assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production 170:96-107. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.139 [pdf]

2017

[1] Delong Li, Shuyao Wu, Laibao Liu, Ze Liang, and Shuangcheng Li*. 2017. Evaluating regional water security through a freshwater ecosystem service flow model: A case study in Beijing-Tianjian-Hebei region, China. Ecological Indicators 81:159-170. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.05.034 [pdf]