Contrary to the previous studies which stated that the LP has been experiencing a climatic warming and drying trend over the last several decades 52 , 53 , air temperature have experienced a decreasing trend of −0.04 °C yr −1 during the recent decade even though it failed to pass the significance level test ( p = 0.13, Fig.
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Separating Vegetation Greening and Climate Change Controls on Evapotranspiration trend over the Loess Plateau.
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The annual P at ~78.6% of the study areas experienced an increasing trend, with the highest value (>4 mm yr −2 ) occurred in the northern and southern regions.