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ArticleNature communications2026

Asymmetric temperature responses to soil moisture drought legacies under anthropogenic forcing.

Jun Li, Minchao Wu, Weilin Liao, Xuezhi Tan, Xushu Wu, Chengguang Lai, Zhaoli Wang, Xiangju Cheng, Xiaoping Liu, Hongwu Tang and 1 more

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Jun LiInterdisciplinary Institute for Future Water and Ocean Intelligence, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South, China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. junli2025@scut.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1412-5261
Minchao WuDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3557-8462
Weilin LiaoGuangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9681-6631
Xuezhi TanSouthern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-4356-7741
Xushu WuInterdisciplinary Institute for Future Water and Ocean Intelligence, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South, China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Chengguang LaiInterdisciplinary Institute for Future Water and Ocean Intelligence, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South, China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Zhaoli WangInterdisciplinary Institute for Future Water and Ocean Intelligence, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South, China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Xiangju ChengInterdisciplinary Institute for Future Water and Ocean Intelligence, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South, China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaoping LiuGuangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. liuxp3@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4242-5392
Hongwu TangInterdisciplinary Institute for Future Water and Ocean Intelligence, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South, China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3831-1079
Josep PeñuelasCSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7215-0150

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42271419National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42301106
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Abstract

As anthropogenic forcing intensifies, soil moisture droughts have become prevalent across many regions. Soil moisture anomalies can influence near-surface air temperature by modulating both energy and carbon fluxes. However, the annual temperature response to soil moisture anomalies in the year following a soil moisture drought remains unclear. Here, we show that annual soil water loss in the year after soil moisture droughts induces a larger annual warming effect than the annual cooling from an equivalent water gain. This asymmetric response arises only when the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing are included, where vegetation is more strongly suppressed after soil moisture drought than enhanced after soil moisture gaining, contributing to reduced transpiration and carbon uptake that collectively amplify warming. More than 60% of global land areas exhibit the asymmetry. Our findings suggest that past climate extremes may accelerate future warming by impairing vegetation's capacity to regulate biophysical and biogeochemical processes.

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