Land–atmosphere feedbacks amplify aridity increase over land under global warming

Alexis Berg (), Kirsten Findell, Benjamin Lintner, Alessandra Giannini, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Bart van den Hurk, Ruth Lorenz, Andy Pitman, Stefan Hagemann, Arndt Meier, Frédérique Cheruy, Agnès Ducharne, Sergey Malyshev and P. C. D. Milly
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Alexis Berg: International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University
Kirsten Findell: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Benjamin Lintner: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alessandra Giannini: International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University
Sonia I. Seneviratne: The Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich
Bart van den Hurk: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Ruth Lorenz: ARC Center of Excellence for Climate System Science and Climate Change Research Center, University of New South Wales
Andy Pitman: ARC Center of Excellence for Climate System Science and Climate Change Research Center, University of New South Wales
Stefan Hagemann: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Arndt Meier: Centre for Environmental and Climate Research
Frédérique Cheruy: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
Agnès Ducharne: UMR 7619 METIS, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
Sergey Malyshev: Princeton University & Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies
P. C. D. Milly: US Geological Survey and NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Princeton

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 9, 869-874

Abstract: Aridity is expected to increase globally in a warmer world. Research now suggests that this is substantially amplified by land–atmosphere feedbacks associated with the land surface’s response to climate and plant responses to increased atmospheric CO2.

Date: 2016
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