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The Cause of Decreased Pan Evaporation over the Past 50 Years
- States changes in the global water cycle can cause major environmental and socioeconomic impacts
- States that as the average global temperature increases, it is generally expected that the air will become drier and that evaporation from terrestrial water bodies will increase
- States that, paradoxically, terrestrial observations over the past 50 years show the reverse
- Shows that the decrease in evaporation is consistent with what one would expect from the observed large and widespread decreases in sunlight resulting from increasing cloud coverage and aerosol concentration
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