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The terrestrial water cycle in a warming world

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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 using simple physical models.

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  1. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Kaighin A. McColl

  2. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Kaighin A. McColl

  3. Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    Michael L. Roderick

  4. Department of Geography, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Alexis Berg

  5. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA

    Jacob Scheff

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McColl, K.A., Roderick, M.L., Berg, A. et al. The terrestrial water cycle in a warming world. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 604–606 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01412-7

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