Global water models are increasingly used to understand past, present and future water cycles, but disagreements between simulated variables make model-based inferences uncertain. Although there is ...

Climate model projections of the terrestrial water cycle are often described using simple empirical models (‘indices’) that can mislead. Instead, we should seek to understand climate model projections ...

The terrestrial water cycle is a fundamental component of Earth's climate system, governing the exchange of water between land surfaces and the atmosphere.

BYU's new hydrologic cycle, representing major water pools in blue text, natural water fluxes in black text and human-impacted fluxes in orange. Illustration by Eliza Anderson. The United States ...

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