Blue in green: forestation turns blue water green, mitigating heat at the expense of water availability

Blue in green: forestation turns blue water green, mitigating heat at the expense of water availability

In order to meet a stringent carbon budget, shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) aligned with the Paris Agreement typically require substantial land-use changes (LUC), such as large-scale forestation and bioenergy crop plantations. What if such a low-emission, intense-LUC scenario actually materiali...

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Main Authors: Olivier Asselin, Martin Leduc, Dominique Paquin, Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré, Diana Rechid, Ralf Ludwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
climate change
land-use changes
forestation
afforestation/reforestation
water cycle
heat waves
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad796c

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad796c

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