Fig. 4: Future streamflow prediction and environmental implications. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 4: Future streamflow prediction and environmental implications.

From: Recent south-central Andes water crisis driven by Antarctic amplification is unprecedented over the last eight centuries

Fig. 4: Future streamflow prediction and environmental implications.

a The percentage changes in reconstructed, observed, and future projected streamflows in the Negro River, compared to the entire reconstruction period. Future projections include SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 scenarios for CMIP6 data87 downscaled by a neural network technique84,85,86. The respective trends and the 45-year running slopes are given. b Future projections of surface temperature trends (°C·decade-1) in the CMIP6 ensemble. The insets highlight precipitation trend (mm·day-1·decade-1) about the study area. Schematics of societies and ecosystems in Patagonia in rising (c) and declining (d) streamflow. Oceans, mountains, forests, rivers, agro-pastoral crossroads, urban centers, and major weather patterns are depicted in the schematics.

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