The study looked at how changes in land use in the Sanjiang Plain of China affected local temperatures from the 1950s to 2015. They found that converting wetlands to farmland caused temperatures to rise by up to 1.31 °C, while changing farmland to paddy fields led to a cooling effect of -1.32 °C during the growing season. The impact of land use changes on temperature was more significant in spring than in summer. The study shows that land use can have a big impact on local climate, and understanding these effects is important for dealing with climate change.