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Keeping global warming within 1.5 °C constrains emergence of aridification

Keeping global warming within 1.5 °C constrains emergence of aridification

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Keeping global warming within 1.5 °C constrains emergence of aridification

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Keeping global warming within 1.5 °C constrains emergence of aridification

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature climate change, 2018-01, Vol.8 (1), p.70-74

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Aridity—the ratio of atmospheric water supply (precipitation;
P
) to demand (potential evapotranspiration; PET)—is projected to decrease (that is, areas will become drier) as a consequence of anthropogenic climate change, exacerbating land degradation and desertification
1

6
. However, the timing of significant aridification rel...

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Keeping global warming within 1.5 °C constrains emergence of aridification

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1985632890

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1985632890

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ISSN

1758-678X

E-ISSN

1758-6798

DOI

10.1038/s41558-017-0034-4

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