About the Authors

Yi Y. Liu

yiliu001@gmail.com

Affiliations Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Earth and Climate Cluster, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain Laboratories, Canberra, Australia

Jason P. Evans

Affiliation Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Matthew F. McCabe

Affiliations Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Richard A. M. de Jeu

Affiliation Earth and Climate Cluster, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Albert I. J. M. van Dijk

Affiliations CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain Laboratories, Canberra, Australia, Fenner School of Environment & Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Albertus J. Dolman

Affiliation Earth and Climate Cluster, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Izuru Saizen

Affiliation Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL JE MM RdJ AvD AD. Performed the experiments: YL JE RdJ. Analyzed the data: YL RdJ IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL JE MM RdJ AvD AD IS. Wrote the paper: YL JE MM RdJ AvD AD IS.