Hydrologic implications of vegetation response to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in climate projections

Hydrologic implications of vegetation response to elevated CO2 in climate projections

Hydrologic implications of vegetation response to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in climate projections, Published online: 17 December 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0361-0

This paper introduces a modification to the Penman–Monteith equation—for net evapotranspiration—to account for vegetation under elevated atmospheric CO2. In so doing it reconciles contradictions between drought indices and modelled runoff projections.