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Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-717-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-717-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Research article
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11 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 11 Jun 2024

Intensified future heat extremes linked with increasing ecosystem water limitation

Jasper M. C. Denissen, Adriaan J. Teuling, Sujan Koirala, Markus Reichstein, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Martha M. Vogel, Xin Yu, and René Orth

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Heat extremes have severe implications for human health and ecosystems. Heat extremes are mostly introduced by large-scale atmospheric circulation but can be modulated by vegetation. Vegetation with access to water uses solar energy to evaporate water into the atmosphere. Under dry conditions, water may not be available, suppressing evaporation and heating the atmosphere. Using climate projections, we show that regionally less water is available for vegetation, intensifying future heat extremes.
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