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Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue "Feature Papers for Land–Climate Interactions Section" has received ongoing attention since it was launched. Researchers have extensively addressed land–climate interaction in a wide range of disciplines, ranging from biomass carbon stocks to urban hydrology, fire causes, eco-climate changes in the context of global warming, etc., spanning across Europe, Asia and North America. Therefore, we have initiated a second edition of this Special Issue: "Feature Papers for Land–Climate Interactions Section II".

This new edition still aims to explore the interactions between land and climate processes. These include energy fluxes, carbon and other biogeochemical cycles, and hydrological processes. We invite contributions on new ideas related to the interface between the land surface and the climate system in global climate science. This Special Issue is open to submissions presenting research on a local, regional, or global scale. Manuscripts can be theoretical, applied, or review articles. Interdisciplinary manuscripts are particularly welcome.

Prof. Dr. Heiko Balzter
Guest Editor

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Assessing the Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Water Conservation in the Three-River Headstreams Region of China Based on the Integration of the InVEST Model and Machine Learning

by Xinyue Xie, Min Peng, Linglei Zhang, Min Chen, Jia Li and Youcai Tuo

Land 2024, 13(3), 352; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/land13030352 - 08 Mar 2024

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Abstract

The Three-River Headstreams Region (TRHR) serves as the cradle of China’s three major rivers—the Yangtze, Yellow, and Lancang—rendering its water conservation (WC) capacity quintessentially significant for Asian water resource security. This study integrated the InVEST model and random forest model to holistically elucidate the spatiotemporal characteristics and factors influencing WC in the TRHR from 1980 to 2018. The results revealed that the WC growth rate was 5.65 mm/10a in the TRHR during the study period, yet pronounced regional disparities were observed among different basins, especially with the Lancang River Basin (LRB), which exhibited a decrease at a rate of 5.08 mm per decade despite having the highest WC. Through Theil–Sen trend analysis, the Mann–Kendall abrupt change test, and the cumulative deviation method, meteorological, vegetative, and land use abrupt changes in approximately 2000 were identified as the primary drivers for the abrupt surge in WC within the TRHR. Furthermore, precipitation and the aridity index were the core feature variables affecting WC. However, a positive transition in land use patterns post-2000 was also revealed, and its favorable effect on WC was not as significant as the abrupt climatic changes. This study offers new perspectives on managing multidimensional spatiotemporal data and contributes to laying the groundwork for machine learning applications in water conservation. Additionally, it potentially provides useful references for decision-making processes related to ecosystem security. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers for Land–Climate Interactions Section II)

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