Expected air moisture is missing over drier areas worldwide, possibly because climate models undervalue the effects of plants and other life. This finding could be a fingerprint of human-caused land degradation, which would underscore calls to solve climate, biodiversity and water availability together.
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Gies, E. Climate science and the case of the missing moisture. Nat Water 3, 634–637 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00455-2
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