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

Shannon M. Sterling (), Agnès Ducharne and Jan Polcher
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Shannon M. Sterling: Dalhousie University
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

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 4, 385-390

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.

Date: 2013
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