# Future increase in compound soil drought-heat extremes exacerbated by vegetation greening

*PRI Rank #18 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #18 |
| 18m citations | 63 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-024-55175-0 |
| Corresponding authors | Yao Zhang |
| Institution | Peking University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/plant-water-relations-and-carbon-dynamics/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41467-024-55175-0](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55175-0)

## Topics

Compound drought-heat extremes · Vegetation greening · biophysical processes · leaf area index · albedo reduction · transpiration enhancement · Soil water deficit · early growing season water loss · warm season amplification · northern high latitudes · CO2 warming effect · climate model simulations · vegetation-climate feedbacks · compound climate risks · Climate change scenarios · Future projections to 2100 · cooling and drying trade-offs · seasonal soil moisture dynamics

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