Recently, the influential journal SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences published a paper called “ Impact of oceans on climate change in drylands”, which was written by Prof. Xiaodan GUAN and Prof. Jianping HUANG, and 4 other authors. The paper mainly describes that d rylands account for approximately 41% of the global total land area. Significant warming and rare precipitation in drylands result in a fragile ecology and deterioration of the living environment, making it more sensitive to global climate...