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Bill Schlesinger
September 17, 2018 Bill Schlesingerclimate, faculty, forests, lakes and streams, water

The fate of rainfall

Plants modulate the turning of the hydrologic cycle by reducing surface runoff, increasing the amount of water that enters the soil, and returning it slowly to the atmosphere by transpiration

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Bill Schlesinger
August 23, 2016 Bill Schlesingeragriculture, climate, faculty, forests, water

Preparing for a Drought-prone World

Future drought is likely to have major effects on natural landscapes and the plants that inhabit them.

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