Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Rising ecosystem water demand exacerbates the lengthening of tropical dry seasons

  • Hao Xu,
  • Xu Lian,
  • Ingrid J. Slette,
  • Hui Yang,
  • Yuan Zhang,
  • Anping Chen,
  • Shilong Piao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31826-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Changing precipitation pattern has been suggested to expand tropical dry seasons. Here, the authors show that this lengthening can be even more severe when accounting for the simultaneous rise of ecosystem water demand in a warmer climate.