High Mountains Becoming Wetter While Deserts Getting Drier in Xinjiang, China since the 1980s
Climate change has been thought to drive the accelerated expansion of global drylands.However, many studies reveal that Arid Central Asia (ACA) has been warming and wetting in recent decades, representing an anomalous response to global climate change.Given that ACA is composed of complex ecosystems and landforms, it is not clear whether or not thi