Global terrestrial moisture recycling in Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Staal, Arie; Meijer, Pim; Nyasulu, Maganizo Kruger; Tuinenburg, Obbe A.; Dekker, Stefan C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-215-2025

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-215-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-215-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

Research article

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30 Jan 2025

Research article |

| 30 Jan 2025

Global terrestrial moisture recycling in Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Arie Staal, Pim Meijer, Maganizo Kruger Nyasulu, Obbe A. Tuinenburg, and Stefan C. Dekker

Data sets

Global terrestrial moisture recycling in Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Arie Staal et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10650579

Model code and software

UTrack-NorESM2_global_land Arie Staal et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14725870

Short summary

Many areas across the globe rely on upwind land areas for their precipitation supply through terrestrial precipitation recycling. Here we simulate global precipitation recycling in four climate and land-use scenarios until 2100. We find that global terrestrial moisture recycling decreases by 1.5 % with every degree of global warming but with strong regional differences.