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This research aims to understand how reforestation affects water availability and spatial inequality under different climate warming scenarios.

June 17, 2026One EarthOpen Access

Reforestation increases water inequality under low warming but reduces water availability under high warming

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Randomized trial shows climate context affects water availability in reforestation, indicating implications for land management.

This research aims to understand how reforestation affects water availability and spatial inequality under different climate warming scenarios.
Utilized Earth system model simulations to analyze hydrological impacts of reforestation under low and high warming
Performed moisture budget analysis to assess differences in wet regions' circulation responses.
Examined spatial and global water availability changes in response to reforestation efforts.
Under low warming, reforestation causes an insignificant increase in global water availability but increases spatial inequality.
Under high warming, reforestation reduces global water availability and weakens spatial inequality.
Hydrological differences are attributed to changes in circulation patterns in wet regions.

Tang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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