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Reduced streamflow in water-stressed climates consistent with CO2 effects on vegetation

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  • Anna M. Ukkola

    (Macquarie University)

  • I. Colin Prentice

    (Macquarie University
    AXA Chair of Biosphere and Climate Impacts, Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and the Environment and Grantham Institute—Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus)

  • Trevor F. Keenan

    (Macquarie University)

  • Albert I. J. M. van Dijk

    (Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University)

  • Neil R. Viney

    (CSIRO Land and Water Flagship)

  • Ranga B. Myneni

    (Boston University)

  • Jian Bi

    (Boston University)

Abstract

Remotely sensed vegetation and water-balance measurements from 190 river basins across Australia show that sub-humid and semi-arid basins are ‘greening’—as expected under CO2 fertilization—increasing water consumption and reducing streamflow.

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  • Anna M. Ukkola & I. Colin Prentice & Trevor F. Keenan & Albert I. J. M. van Dijk & Neil R. Viney & Ranga B. Myneni & Jian Bi, 2016. "Reduced streamflow in water-stressed climates consistent with CO2 effects on vegetation," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 75-78, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_nclimate2831
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2831
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    1. Shenghang Wang & Shen Tan & Jiaming Xu, 2023. "Evaluation and Implication of the Policies towards China’s Carbon Neutrality," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-15, April.
    2. Jason Alexandra, 2021. "Navigating the Anthropocene’s rivers of risk—climatic change and science-policy dilemmas in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 165(1), pages 1-21, March.
    3. Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano & Tim R. McVicar & Diego G. Miralles & Yuting Yang & Miquel Tomas‐Burguera, 2020. "Unraveling the influence of atmospheric evaporative demand on drought and its response to climate change," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(2), March.
    4. Qin Wang & Qin Ju & Yueyang Wang & Quanxi Shao & Rongrong Zhang & Yanli Liu & Zhenchun Hao, 2022. "Vegetation Changing Patterns and Its Sensitivity to Climate Variability across Seven Major Watersheds in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-19, October.
    5. T. F. Keenan & X. Luo & B. D. Stocker & M. G. Kauwe & B. E. Medlyn & I. C. Prentice & N. G. Smith & C. Terrer & H. Wang & Y. Zhang & S. Zhou, 2023. "A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to rising CO2," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 13(12), pages 1376-1381, December.
    6. Zefeng Chen & Weiguang Wang & Giovanni Forzieri & Alessandro Cescatti, 2024. "Transition from positive to negative indirect CO2 effects on the vegetation carbon uptake," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.

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