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15 Apr 2025
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Can large-scale tree cover change negate climate change impacts on future water availability?

Freek Engel, Anne J. Hoek van Dijke, Caspar T. J. Roebroek, and Imme Benedict

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A warming climate alters the freshwater availability over land, and, due to related tree cover change and potential forestation, this availability can be further enhanced or negated. We find that large-scale change in tree cover may counteract climate-driven changes on a global scale, whereas, regionally, the climate and tree cover impacts can differ extensively. Current ecosystem restoration projects should account for the effects of (re-)forestation on (non-)local water availability.
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