Little moisture and little appetite

Abstract

Ecosystems on land take up roughly a quarter of the carbon emitted through fossil fuel use, but a global analysis of carbon flux measurements indicates that the increase in photosynthetic uptake by drylands is slowing, thereby limiting their potential to mitigate climate change.

Keywords

Taverne, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 15 - Life on Land

Citation

Koren, G 2026, 'Little moisture and little appetite', Nature Geoscience, vol. 19, pp. 496-497. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01948-9