For 1980–2024, circulation-induced dynamics account for 45% of summer warming, dominate the European precipitation decline, and account for 55% of continental soil-moisture drying, with particularly large regional shares.

For 1980–2024, circulation-induced dynamics account for 45% of summer warming, dominate the European precipitation decline, and account for 55% of continental soil-moisture drying, with particularly large regional shares.

• Dynamic soil-moisture trends closely correspond spatially to dynamic precipitation trends (Pearson correlation = 0.80), indicating precipitation trends drive much of the overall drying pattern.
  Evidence for this premise (2)

  European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s — Partitioning post-1980 hydroclimate trends between circulation and thermodynamic forcing

  suggesting that overall drying patterns are driven to a large extent by precipitation trends

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02050-w#unit-3-p7

  European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s — Partitioning post-1980 hydroclimate trends between circulation and thermodynamic forcing

  suggesting that overall drying patterns are driven to a large extent by precipitation trends

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02050-w#unit-3-p7
• From 1980 to 2024, warming is 0.64 °C per decade in HIST and 0.29 °C per decade in NAT, so the circulation-induced component accounts for 45% of total summer warming.
  Evidence for this premise (2)

  European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s — Partitioning post-1980 hydroclimate trends between circulation and thermodynamic forcing

  the circulation-induced component accounts for 45% of the total summer warming trend since 1980

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02050-w#unit-3-p4

  European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s — Partitioning post-1980 hydroclimate trends between circulation and thermodynamic forcing

  A continuous warming trend sets in after 1980 with a rate of 0.64 and 0.29 °C per decade in HIST and NAT, respectively (Fig. 2a). Hence, the circulation-induced component accounts for 45% of the total summer warming trend since 1980. The spatial pattern of the thermodynamic trend is broadly homogenous and slightly enhanced over eastern Europe, whereas the dynamic trend pattern is more heterogenous and more enhanced over central and eastern Europe (Fig. 2e and the comparison to other datasets in Supplementary Fig. 2).

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02050-w#unit-3-p4
• European precipitation declines by −0.028 mm d−1 per decade through the dynamic component, while the thermodynamic component offsets this drying by only 6% (0.002 mm d−1 per decade).
  Evidence for this premise (2)

  European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s — Partitioning post-1980 hydroclimate trends between circulation and thermodynamic forcing

  precipitation trends are dominated by the dynamic component

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02050-w#unit-3-p5

  European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s — Partitioning post-1980 hydroclimate trends between circulation and thermodynamic forcing

  2). Summer precipitation is slightly lower in HIST than in NAT, but both exhibit weak negative trends superimposed on strong interannual variability. At the European scale, precipitation trends are dominated by the dynamic component, resulting in a precipitation decline of −0.028 mm d −1 per decade, whereas the thermodynamic trend offsets the drying by only 6% (0.002 mm d −1 per decade).

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02050-w#unit-3-p5
• Soil moisture declines by −0.41 mm per decade in HIST and −0.23 mm per decade in NAT, implying a 55% dynamic contribution.
  Evidence for this premise (1)

  European summer drying largely driven by atmospheric circulation changes since the 1980s — Partitioning post-1980 hydroclimate trends between circulation and thermodynamic forcing

  Similar to temperature, soil moisture shows a negative trend after 1980, with drying rates of −0.41 mm per decade in HIST and −0.23 mm per decade in NAT, implying a 55% dynamic contribution.

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02050-w#unit-3-p6

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