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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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Drought hits the global ecosystems particularly hard: The map shows the regions where drought (blue), heat (red), both (purple) and other (grey) extreme events prevent plant uptake of carbon dioxide and to what extent. Light colors represent a weak effect, darker colors a strong effect.

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<i>Nature</i>, issue from 15.8.2013, doi 10.1038/nature12350

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