Results of our treatments during the first monsoon season
demonstrate that this arid grassland can respond rapidly to these
subtle environmental changes. We found that our passive warming
treatment elevatedminimumnighttime temperatures by a seasonal
average of 2.5 C and that the warmer nighttime air translated into
warmermorning (from08:00 to 12:00 hrs) soil temperatures at 2 cm
depth by a seasonal average of 0.7 C,