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The impact of global land-cover change on the terrestrial water cycle

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  • Shannon M. Sterling

    (Dalhousie University
    UMR Sisyphe 7619, UPMC/CNRS, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie Paris IV)

  • Agnès Ducharne

    (UMR Sisyphe 7619, UPMC/CNRS, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie Paris IV)

  • Jan Polcher

    (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace/Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS)

Abstract

Human impacts on the terrestrial water cycle have the potential to influence hazards such as flooding and drought, so understanding the extent of our influence is an important research goal. A study utilizing estimates of evapotranspiration for different types of land cover and a database of changes in use now shows that the extent of land-cover change caused by people is already an important factor affecting the terrestrial water cycle.

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  • Shannon M. Sterling & Agnès Ducharne & Jan Polcher, 2013. "The impact of global land-cover change on the terrestrial water cycle," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 3(4), pages 385-390, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:3:y:2013:i:4:d:10.1038_nclimate1690
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1690
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