Yosef, Gil; et al. (2018): Large-scale semi-arid afforestation can enhance precipitation and carbon sequestration potential

Yosef, Gil; Walko, Robert; Avisar, Roni; Tatarinov, Fedor; Rotenberg, Eyal; Yakir, Dan (2018): Large-scale semi-arid afforestation can enhance precipitation and carbon sequestration potential. In Scientific reports 8 (1), p.[nbsp]996. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19265-6.

„Here, we use a Global Climate Model to provide a process-based demonstration that implementing measured characteristics of a successful semi-arid afforestation system (2000 ha, ~300 mm mean annual precipitation) over large areas (~200 million ha) of similar precipitation levels in the Sahel and North Australia leads to the weakening and shifting of regional low-level jets, enhancing moisture penetration and precipitation (+0.8 ± 0.1 mm d−1 over the Sahel and +0.4 ± 0.1 mm d−1 over North Australia), influencing areas larger than the original afforestation. „

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