Water-use efficiency driven by water savings

Jürgen Knauer

doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02793-6

Water-use efficiency driven by water savings

Jürgen Knauer

University of Technology Sydney

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Analysis of land–atmosphere water and CO₂ fluxes suggests that reduced water use by vegetation, rather than increased carbon uptake, is the driving factor behind the well-documented increase in vegetation water-use efficiency in response to rising atmospheric CO₂.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1548-1549
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Ecology and Evolution
Volume	9
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02793-6
Publication status	Published - Sept 2025
Externally published	Yes

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Water-use efficiency driven by water savings

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