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Shushi Peng

Shushi Peng

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Ecology and Evolution
China
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
91
Citations
45331
World Ranking
439
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in China Leader Award

Overview

Shushi Peng is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Soil Science.

Their research spans a variety of main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Peng has published numerous papers in well-recognized venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Climate Change

Several of Peng's recent papers highlight key advances in environmental and climate research. Examples include:

  • "The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017" (2020), published in NOAA Institutional Repository
  • "Deceleration of China's human water use and its key drivers" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Climate warming from managed grasslands cancels the cooling effect of carbon sinks in sparsely grazed and natural grasslands" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Temporal trade-off between gymnosperm resistance and resilience increases forest sensitivity to extreme drought" (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Wetland emission and atmospheric sink changes explain methane growth in 2020" (2022), published in Nature

Peng collaborates frequently with a set of coauthors with whom numerous publications have been produced. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Philippe Ciais
  • Yi Xi
  • Benjamin Poulter
  • Jinfeng Chang
  • Chunjing Qiu

Best Publications

  • The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China

    Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Yao Huang;Zehao Shen

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Temperature increase reduces global yields of major crops in four independent estimates

    Chuang Zhao;Bing Liu;Shilong Piao;Xuhui Wang

  • Global carbon budget 2014

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

  • Greening of the Earth and its drivers

    Zaichun Zhu;Zaichun Zhu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Ranga B. Myneni;Mengtian Huang

  • Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China

    Z Liu;Dabo Guan;Wei Wei;Steven J Davis

  • Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities

    Shushi Peng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Pierre Friedlingstein

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • Declining global warming effects on the phenology of spring leaf unfolding.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Hongfang Zhao;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Marc Peaucelle

  • Detection and Attribution of Vegetation Greening Trend in China over the Last 30 Years

    Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Guodong Yin;Jianguang Tan;Lei Cheng

  • Afforestation in China cools local land surface temperature

    Shu-Shi Peng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Zhenzhong Zeng;Philippe Ciais

  • Asymmetric effects of daytime and night-time warming on Northern Hemisphere vegetation

    Shushi Peng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Ranga B. Myneni

  • Evidence for a weakening relationship between interannual temperature variability and northern vegetation activity

    Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Huijuan Nan;Chris Huntingford;Philippe Ciais

  • Air temperature optima of vegetation productivity across global biomes.

    Mengtian Huang;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Josep Peñuelas

  • Leaf onset in the northern hemisphere triggered by daytime temperature

    Shilong Piao;Jianguang Tan;Anping Chen;Yongshuo H. Fu

  • Dependence of the evolution of carbon dynamics in the northern permafrost region on the trajectory of climate change.

    A. David McGuire;David M. Lawrence;Charles Koven;Joy S. Clein

  • Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades

    Zhenzhong Zeng;Shilong Piao;Laurent Z. X. Li;Liming Zhou

  • Divergent hydrological response to large-scale afforestation and vegetation greening in China

    Yue Li;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Laurent Z. X. Li;Anping Chen

  • A two-fold increase of carbon cycle sensitivity to tropical temperature variations

    Xuhui Wang;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Pierre Friedlingstein

  • Extension of the growing season increases vegetation exposure to frost

    Qiang Liu;Shilong Piao;Ivan A. Janssens;Yongshuo H. Fu

  • Response to Comment on ``Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities''

    Shushi Peng;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais;Pierre Friedlingstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuhui Wang
Xuhui Wang Peking University
Ning Zeng
Ning Zeng University of Maryland, College Park
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Xiaoying Shi
Xiaoying Shi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zhenzhong Zeng
Zhenzhong Zeng Southern University of Science and Technology
Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Jiafu Mao
Jiafu Mao Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ranga B. Myneni
Ranga B. Myneni Boston University

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