ABSTRACT
Among the consequences of a changing hydrologic cycle is its interaction with the terrestrial carbon cycle. The terrestrial biosphere may have taken up roughly 25% of anthropogenic carbon emissions during the last century; it is unclear how long this can continue.
Most climate scientists agree that global warming will result in an intensification, acceleration or enhancement of the global hydrologic cycle, and there is some observational evidence that this is already happening.
It is increasingly clear that the assumption of statistical stationarity is no longer a defensible basis for water planning.
