Detailed modelling elucidates how increased vegetation water use in a warmer climate will reduce groundwater recharge, storage and subsequent exfiltration to further exacerbate declines in Colorado mountain headwater streamflow.
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Thornton, J.M. Mountain streamflow threatened by irreversible simulated groundwater declines. Nat Water 2, 403–404 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00243-4
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