an increasing trendP < 0.0001
In contrast, temperature and precipitation during this period revealed an increasing trend at mean rates of 0.39 ± 0.02 °C ( P < 0.0001, MK test, two-sided, n = 10,330; Fig. 1d ) and 0.51 ± 0.26 mm/day per decade ( P = 0.027, MK test, two-sided, n = 12,668; Fig. 1e ), respectively.