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  • Human impacts on the terrestrial water cycle have the potential to influence hazards such as flooding and drought, so understanding the extent of our influence is an important research goal. A study utilizing estimates of evapotranspiration for different types of land cover and a database of changes in use now shows that the extent of land-cover change caused by people is already an important factor affecting the terrestrial water cycle.

    • Shannon M. Sterling
    • Agnès Ducharne
    • Jan Polcher
    Research
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 3, P: 385-390

  • Irrigation accounts for a substantial proportion of global water usage and can have biophysical and biogeochemical impacts on Earth systems. This Review outlines key irrigation–Earth system interactions, and discusses the effect of future climate and socioeconomic changes on irrigation patterns and their interaction.

    • Sonali McDermid
    • Mallika Nocco
    • Tokuta Yokohata
    Reviews
    Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
    Volume: 4, P: 435-453