Plants Influence Earth's Water Flow

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A new method to model how plants move water globally

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UConn researchers have developed a way to better account for how plants influence the flow of water around the planet.

Plants play essential roles in Earth 's processes, from capturing carbon and making oxygen available for other life forms like humans.

Scientists have moved towards accounting for differences by creating databases, like the TRY Plant Trait Database .

Knighton says they consider this work to be a low-order approximation, but it is an important starting point.

As more data is collected from field researchers, the data can be used to update and refine the interpolated data to improve the accuracy of this approach.

Eventually, the researchers hope to apply the method to forested sites across the globe.

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