Fig. 1: Conceptual representation of how climate can influence rainfall erosivity and leading damaging hydrological events through the water cycle. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: Conceptual representation of how climate can influence rainfall erosivity and leading damaging hydrological events through the water cycle.

From: Climate driven generative time-varying model for improved decadal storm power predictions in the Mediterranean

Fig. 1

Vegetation cover modulates the water cycle, affecting precipitation patterns and rainfall erosivity. Summer and autumn rainstorms magnify soil erosion, slope destabilisation, and agriculture impacts compared to winter. Enhanced rainfall erosivity increases sediment yield, leading to higher turbidity in water bodies, which degrades water quality and amplifies the consequences of hydrological events. Background image source: Freepick (https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/gradient-mountain-landscape_20547362.htm#query=landscapes&position=27&from_view=search&track=sph&uuid=c02f4319−4d24−4b00-b14a-6ecfa2cf5dbc).

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