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 …

Surface-water availability, defined as precipitation minus evapotranspiration, can be affected
by changes in vegetation. These impacts can be local, due to the modification of …

This study investigates the disparity in quantitative moisture contribution and synoptic-scale
vertical motion in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin (LYRB) for different extreme …

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 …

Alterations to the global water cycle are of concern as Earth's climate changes. Although
policymakers are mainly interested in changes to terrestrial rainfall—where, when, and how …

The effects of land-use change on river flows have usually been explained by changes
within a river basin. However, land–atmosphere feedback such as moisture recycling can …

An ecosystem service is a benefit derived by humanity that can be traced back to an
ecological process. Although ecosystem services related to surface water have been …

A key Earth system process is the circulation of evaporated moisture through the
atmosphere. Spatial connections between evaporation and precipitation affect the global …

Afforestation can influence evapotranspiration (E) and precipitation (P), thereby altering
water availability (known as P− E) on land. However, such effects on P− E have rarely been …