transpiration

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As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase, plants may need to open their stomata less frequently, leading to decreased transpiration and preserving more groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

As the air becomes hotter, it becomes easier for plants to lose water to transpiration, especially because photosynthesis occurs during daylight hours when temperatures are highest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

Ultimately, a full 10% of crop transpiration could be saved if the top 50% of water users reduced their water consumption to match that of their median-consuming neighbors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

And southern portions of the Arctic will warm so much that evaporation and plant transpiration will send much of the additional precipitation back to the atmosphere, resulting in an overall drying out of the landscape.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

Fortunately such transpiration of fresh air took place through the snow as saved them from harm.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.