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to protect themselves from too much water loss. Likewise, when it is wet they can open their stomata to allow more CO 2 in to aid growth. Figure 1 shows this flow of water and CO 2 through a plant and how it can affect rainfall and the flow of water into rivers. Evapotranspiration Plant water uptake

of England to the north coast of Scotland – in a single day”. The previous record was 29.8mm on 25 August 1986. At 7.4 cubic kilometres, Loch Ness is the largest lake in the United Kingdom by volume. Pic: Shutterstock. Generally, the start to October (1-13th) has been very wet with the early

, will increase crop water stress, drought frequency and intensity, and contribute to greater risk of harvest failures and production shortfalls. • Shorter growing seasons are expected in many areas. This will be especially acute for vulnerable agricultural systems that experience high temperatures

from other regions, namely Europe, the US, East Asia, and Australia through collaboration with colleagues from the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment and other international groups Calculating atmospheric trends of important gases using observations from the Mace Head observatory on the west