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. 2023 Jul 11;14:4096. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39803-9

Fig. 3. Changes in terrestrial water balance components at global and regional scales induced by bioenergy crop cultivation.

Fig. 3

a Changes in precipitation (ΔP), evapotranspiration (ΔET), runoff (ΔRunoff), and water storage changes (ΔWSC) at the global scale for eucalypt (left) and switchgrass (right) cultivation scenarios averaged over the three cultivation maps. Changes in water balance components are also aggregated for different regions: b inside and outside of the cultivation region, c various humidity zones (i.e., arid, semiarid, subhumid and humid zones), and d wet and dry seasons in the monsoon regions. Note that ΔET and ΔRunoff are shown with reversed signs (−ΔET and −ΔRunoff) to be consistent with the ΔWSC deduced from the water balance (Eq. 5), and the directions of changes in these items are illustrated in the stylized legend.