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"Increases in extreme precipitation events of floods and droughts are expected to occur worldwide. The increase in extreme events will result in changes in streamflow that are expected to affect water availability for human consumption and aquatic ecosystem function.""daily long-term data from paired watersheds that have undergone forest harvest or species conversion were used. It was found that interactive effects of climate change, represented by changes in observed precipitation trends, and forest management regime, significantly alter expected streamflow most often during extreme events." The results of this study show that vegetation can reduce the negative effects of climate change, in this case, extreme precipitation caused by climate change.
The results of this study suggest, among other things, that forests, for example, can compensate various current and expected impacts of climate change by changing vegetation. They can also mitigate the effects of extreme changes in precipitation behaviour due to climate change (e.g. flooding, dry periods).
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Kelly, C. N., McGuire, K. J., Miniat, C. F., & Vose, J. M. (2016). Streamflow response to increasing precipitation extremes altered by forest management. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(8), 3727-3736.
This study was conducted at U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service at Coweeta, NC, USA