This paper shows recent progress in our understanding of climate variability and trends in
the Amazon region, and how these interact with land use change. The review includes an …

Atmospheric water vapour residence time (WVRT) is an essential indicator of how
atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics mediate hydrological cycle responses to …

Reduced rainfall increases the risk of forest dieback, while in return forest loss might
intensify regional droughts. The consequences of this vegetation–atmosphere feedback for …

Tree transpiration in the Amazon may enhance rainfall for downwind forests. Until now it has
been unclear how this cascading effect plays out across the basin. Here, we calculate local …

Deforestation and drought are among the greatest environmental pressures on the Amazon
rainforest, possibly destabilizing the forest-climate system. Deforestation in the Amazon …

Theory and evidence indicate that trees and other vegetation influence the atmospheric
water-cycle in various ways. These influences are more important, more complex, and more …

This paper revisits the knowledge on the residence time of water in the atmosphere. Based
on state-of-the-art data of the hydrological cycle we derive a global average residence time …

Continental moisture recycling is a crucial process of the South American climate system. In
particular, evapotranspiration from the Amazon basin contributes substantially to …

Green water, or plant‐available soil moisture, is a substantial subset of terrestrial fresh
water. Land‐use change (LUC) alters green water dynamics through interactions on the …

The assessment of sources of moisture is key to the understanding of the hydrological cycle
at different time scales, because it enables the establishment of source-sink relationships …