Publications

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  • (39) Zhang, W., Moore, D.J.P., Li, Y., MacBean, N., Feldman, A.F., Schwalm, C., Kang, Y., Green, J.K., Poulter, B., Javadian, M., Scott, R., Shen, Z., Ryu, Y., Jeong, S., Reed, S., Smith, W.K. Nature Climate Change. Accepted, (2026).
  • (38) Bogucki, L.R., Feldman, A.F., Moore, D.J.P., Amaral, C., Wang, L., Green, J.K., Babst, F., Ojima, D., Pervin, R., Reed, S., Smith, W.K., Zhang, W., MacBean, N. Tropical drylands dominate global net carbon flux interannual variability irrespective of different biome definitions and geographic scales. Environmental Research: Climate. Accepted, (2026).
  • (37) Feldman, A.F., Reed, S., Wessels, K., Ojima, D., Moore, D., Smith, W.K, Hanan, N. P., Amaral, C., Babst, F., Biederman, J., Litvak, M., MacBean, N., Poulter, B., Scott, R.L., Babst-Kostecka, A., Green, J.K., Kokaly, R., Pavlick, R., Swap, R., Serbin, S., Tucker, C.J., Wang, L., Watts, J., Flores, A., Rattling Leaf, J., Cruz, S., Tulley, N., Washinton-Allen, R., Prentice, K., Kachergis, E., Reyes, J., Ryan, J., San Clements, M., Loescher, H., Leidner, A., Swetnam, T. Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID): A dryland research agenda and campaign strategy. Global Change Biology. 32, e70975 (2026).
  • (36) Green, J.K., Keenan, T.F., Lian, X., Moore, D., Ciais, P. Vegetation responses to air dryness amplify future land surface warming. Nature Communications, 17, 6304, (2026).
  • (35) Lian, X., Fang, J., Ryu,Y., Harrison, S., Jeong, S., Zhang, H., Han, J., Novick, K., Benson, M., Dong, N., Green, J.K., Sandoval, D., Liu, J., Keenan, T.F., Gentine, P. Leaf temperature and its departure from ambient air temperature. Nature Plants. 12, 1189-1202, (2026).
  • (34) Valencia, S., Marín, D.E., Gómez, D., Echavarria, V., Mejia-Sepulveda, J., Husic, A., Sullivan, S., Hoyos, N., Villegas, J.C., Landsfeld, M., Harrison, L., Green, J.K. Improvements and limitations of the new Climate Hazards Center Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPSv3) dataset: Insights from multiple spatio-temporal scales in Colombia. Atmospheric Research. 338, 108971, (2026).
  • (33) Fredericks, L., Green, J.K., Knox, S.H., Liu, J., Spira, T., Streit, R.P., Tong, D. Early-career researchers reflect on influential papers. Nat. Clim. Chang. 16, 384–388 (2026). 
  • (32) Xue, M., Yang, X., Ciais, P., Zhou, L., Reich, P., Xiao, J., Li, X., Xiao, X., Green, J.K., Chen, J., Liu, J., Shang, J., Luo, X., Tian, J., Liu, H., Zhu, P., Yan, K., Fu, X., Han, L., Yuan, W., Chen, X. Pantropical moist forests are converging towards a middle leaf longevity. Nature Communications. 17, 2139, (2026). 
  • (31) Li, F., Xiao, J., Chen, J., Ballantyne, A., Peñuelas, J., Green, J.K., Zhang, Y. Poulter, B., Sitch, S., Jin, J., Hu, X., Bao, G., Tian, S. Drylands dominance in the slowdown of global vegetation carbon uptake. Nature Geoscience. 19, 542–548,(2026).
  • (30) Feldman, A.F., Reed, S., Wessels, K., Ojima, D., Moore, D., Smith, W.K, Hanan, N. P., Amaral, C., Babst, F., Biederman, J., Litvak, M., MacBean, N., Poulter, B., Scott, R.L., Babst-Kostecka, A., Green, J.K., Kokaly, R., Pavlick, R., Swap, R., Serbin, S., Tucker, C.J., Wang, L., Watts, J., Flores, A., Rattling Leaf, J., Washinton-Allen, R., Prentice, K., Kachergis, E., Reyes, J., San Clements, M., Loescher, H., Leidner, A., Swetnam, T. An Overview of the NASA Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID) Field Experiment Scoping Study. Cambridge Prisms: Drylands. 3, e22, (2026).
  • (29) Wang, X., Fu, Z., Ciais, P., Penuelas, P., Xiao, J., Li, X., Luo, X., Chen, C., Xia, H., Zhou, T., Stoy, P., Green, J.K., Smith, W.K. Multi-satellite derived data reveals spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon-water coupling and its drivers in tropical ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment. 334, 115242, (2026).
  • (28) Li, F., Xin, Q., Green, J.K., Yi, C., Kemanian, A., Kannenberg, S., Stoy, P., Yang, Y., Lei, H., Xiong, Y., Fu, Z. Event-specific meteorological drivers shape diverse water-use efficiency trajectories under drought propagation. Global Change Biology. 32, e70690, (2026).
  • (27) Chen, X., Yuan, W., Tian, J., Wang, M., Wang, S., Xu, W., Wang, Y., Fu, Z., Girardin, M., Green, J.K., Zhou, S., Shang, J., He, B., Huang, M., Liu, M., Lu, H., Piao, S., Xue, M., Dr Song, C. Su, Y., Zhang, Y. Impacts of rising atmospheric dryness on terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 6, 712-727(2025).
  • (26) Wang, F., Xue, M., Zhou, L., Doughty, C.E., Ciais, P., Reich, P.B., Shang, J., Chen, J., Liu, J., Green, J.K., Hao, D., Tao, S., Su, Y., Liu, L., Xia, J., Wang, H., Yu, K., Zhu, Z., Zhu, P., Li, X., Liu, H., Zeng, Y., Yan, K., Liu, L., Lafortezza, R., Su, Y., Pan, Y., Yang,X., Fu, Y., He, N., Yuan, W., Chen, X. Contrasting age-dependent leaf acclimation strategies driving vegetation greening across global deciduous broadleaf forests in the middle to high latitudes. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-02096-5, (2025).
  • (25) Nguyen, N.B., Migliavacca, M., Bassiouni, M., Baldocchi, D.D., Gherardi, L.A., Green, J.K., Papale, D., Reichstein, M., Cohrs, K-H., Cescatti, A., Nguyen, T.D., Nguyen, H.H., Nguyen, Q.M., Keenan, T.F. Widespread underestimation of rain-induced carbon losses across global drylands. Nature Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01754-9, (2025).
  • (24) Li, F., Xin, Q., Yi, C., Kannenberg, S., Green, J.K., Migliavacca, M., Moore, D., Kemanian, A., Gentine, P., Stoy, P., Zhang, F., Xiong, Y., Fu, Z. Limited regulation of canopy water use efficiency by stomatal behavior under drought propagation. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70381, (2025).
  • (23) Su, Y., Zhang, C., Cescatti, A., Yu, K., Ciais, P., Smith, T., Shang, J., Carnicer, J., Liu, J., Chen, J.M., Green, J.K., Wu, J., Ponce-Campos, G.E., Zhang, Y., Zuo, Z., Liao, J., Wu, J., Lafortezza, R., Yan, K., Yang, X., Liu, L., Ren, J., Yuan, W., Chen, X., Wu, C., Zhou, W. Pervasive but biome-dependent relationship between fragmentation and resilience in forests. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02776-7, (2025).
  • (22) Green, J.K. The Intricacies of Vegetation Responses to Changing Moisture Conditions. New Phytologist. 244, 2156-2162, (2024).
  • (21) Feldman, A.F., Reed, S., Amaral, C., Babst-Kostecka, A., Babst, F., Biederman, J., Devine, C., Fu, Z., Green, J.K., Guo, J., Hanan, N. P., Kokaly, R., Litvak, M., MacBean, N., Moore, D., Ojima, D., Poulter, B., Scott, R.L., Smith, W.K, Swap, R., Tucker, C.J., Wang, L., Watts, J., Wessels, K., Zhang, F., Zhang, W. Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID): Community Insights for Scoping a NASA Terrestrial Ecology Field Campaign in Drylands. Earth’s Future. 12, e2024EF004811, (2024).
  • (20) Huang, J., Kong, F., Yin, H., Middel, A., Green, J.K., Liu, H. Green roof plant physiological water demand for transpiration under extreme heat. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 98, 128411, (2024).
  • (19) Green, J.K. Chapter 35: Machine learning to predict and explain complex carbon cycle interactions. New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling, Second Edition. CRC Press. (2024).
  • (18) Tian, J., Luo, X., Xu, H., Green, J.K., Tang, H., Wu, J., Piao, S. Slower changes in vegetation phenology than precipitation seasonality in the dry tropics. Global Change Biology. 30, e17134 (2024).
  • (17) Green, J.K., Zhang, Y., Luo, X., Keenan, T.F. Systematic Underestimation of Canopy Conductance Sensitivity to Drought by Earth System Models. AGU Advances. 5, e2023AV001026, (2024).
  • (16) Wang, H., Ciais, P., Sitch, S., Green, J.K., Tao, S., Fu, Z., Albergel, C., Bastos, A., Wang, M., Fawcett, D., Frappart, F., Li, X., Liu, X., Li, S., Wigneron, J.P. Anthropogenic disturbance exacerbates resilience loss in the Amazon rainforests. Global Change Biology. 30, e17006, (2024).
  • (15) Massoud, E. Hoffman, F., Shi, Z., Tang, J., Alhajjar, E., Barnes, M., Braghiere, R.K., Cardon, Z., Collier, N., Crompton, O., Dennedy-Frank, P.J., Gautam, S., Gonzalez-Meler, M.A., Green, J.K, Koven, C., Levine, P., MacBean, N., Mao, J., Mills, R.T., Mishra, U., Mudunuru, M., Renchon, A.A., Scott, S., Siirila-Woodburn, E.R., Sprenger, M., Tague, C., Wang, Y., Xu, C., Zarakas, C. Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence for Predictions in Ecohydrology. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems. 2, 4, (2023).
  • (14) Wang, H., Wigneron, J.P., Ciais, P., Yao, Y., Fan, L., Liu, X., Li, X., Green, J.K., Tian, F., Tao, S., Li, W., Frappart, F., Albergel, C., Wang, M., Li, S. Seasonal variations in vegetation water content retrieved from microwave remote sensing over Amazon intact forests. Remote Sensing of Environment. 285, 113409 (2023).
  • (13) Yang, H., Ciais, P., Wigneron, J.P., Chave, J., Cartus, O., Chen, X., Fan, L., Green, J.K., Huang,Y., Joetzjer, E., Kay, H., Makowski, D., Maignan, F., Santoro, M., Tao, S., Liu, L., Yao, Y. Climatic and biotic factors influencing regional declines and recovery of tropical forest biomass from the 2015/16 El Niño. PNAS. 119(26), e2101388119, (2022).
  • (12) Green, J.K. and Keenan, T.F. The limits of forest carbon sequestration. Science. 376, 692-693, (2022).
  • (11) Green, J.K., Ballantyne, A., Abramoff, R., Gentine, P., Makowski, D., Ciais, P. Surface temperatures reveal patterns of vegetation water stress and their environmental drivers across the tropical Americas. Global Change Biology. 28, 2940-2955, (2022).
  • (10) Fu, Z. Ciais, P., Prentice, C.I., Gentine, P., Makowski, D., Bastos, A., Luo, X., Green, J.K., Stoy, P.C., Yang, H., Hajima, T. Atmospheric dryness reduces photosynthesis along a large range of soil water deficits. Nature Communications. 13, 989, (2022).
  • (9) Kwon, M.J., Ballantyne, A., Ciais, P., Bastos, A., Chevallier, F., Liu, Z., Green, J.K., Qiu, C. Siberian heat wave of 2020 caused greater spring CO2 uptake but not necessarily greater net annual carbon uptake. Environmental Research Letters. 16, 124030, (2021).
  • (8) Chen, X., Ciais, P., Maignan, F., Zhang, Y., Bastos, A., Bacour, C., Fan, L., Gentine, P., Goll, D., Green, J.K., Kim, H., Li, L., Liu, L., Liu, Y., Peng, S., Tang, H., Viovy, N., Wigneron, J.P., Wu, J., Yuan, W., and Zhang, H. Vapor Pressure Deficit and Sunlight Explain Seasonality of Leaf Phenology and Photosynthesis Across Amazonian Evergreen Broadleaved Forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35, e2020GB006893, (2021).
  • (7) Green, J.K., Berry, J., Ciais, P., Zhang, Y., Gentine, P. Amazon rainforest photosynthesis increases in response to atmospheric dryness. Science Advances. 6, eabb7232 (2020).
  • (6) Fu, Z.,  Ciais, P., Bastos, A., Stoy, P., Yang, H., Green, J.K., Wang, B., Yu, K., Huang, Y., Knohl, A., Šigut, L., Gharun, M., Cuntz, M., Arriga, N., Roland, M., Peichl, M., Migliavacca, M., Cremonese, E., Varlagin, A., Brümmer, C., Gourlez de la Motte, L., Fares, S., Buchmann, N., El-Madany, T.S., Pitacco, A., Vendrame, N., Li, Z., Vincke, C.,Magliulo, E., Koebsch, F. Sensitivity of gross primary productivity to climatic drivers during the summer drought of 2018 in Europe. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 20190747, (2020).
  • (5) Gentine, P., Green, J.K., Guerin, M., Humphrey, V., Seneviratne, S.I. Zhang, Y., Zhou, S. Coupling between the terrestrial carbon and water cycles—a review. Environmental Research Letters. 14, 83003 (2019).
  • (4) Gentine, P., Massmann, A., Lintner, B.R., Alemohammad, S.H., Fu, R., Green, J.K., Kennedy, D., and Vilá-Guerau de Arellano, J. Land-atmosphere interaction in the tropics. Hydrology and Earth System Science. (2019).
  • (3) Green, J.K., Seneviratne, S.I., Berg, A.M., Findell, K.L., Hagemann, S., Lawrence, D.M., Gentine, P. Large influence of soil moisture on long-term terrestrial carbon uptake. Nature. 565, 476-479 (2019).
  • (2) Green, J.K., Konings, A.G., Alemohammad, S.H., Berry, J., Entekhabi, D., Kolassa, J., Lee, J.E., Gentine, P. Regionally strong feedbacks between the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere. Nature Geoscience. 10, 410-414 (2017).
  • (1) Alemohammad, S.H., Fang, B., Konings, A.G., Green, J.K., Kolassa, J., Prigent, C., Aires, F., Miralles, D., Gentine, P. Water, Energy, and Carbon with Artificial Neural Networks (WECANN): A statistically based estimate of global surface turbulent fluxes and gross primary productivity using solar-induced fluorescence. Biogeosciences. 14, 4101-4124 (2017).