A decreasing trend in RH has been observed over continents in recent decades, which is mainly attributed to the relatively large rate of increase in q s over land due to the amplified warming over land and the relatively small rate of increase in moisture transport from ocean to land and specific humidity over land [ 35 , 37 , 38 ].
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An increasing trend during 1961–2012 and a significant interdecadal decrease during 2013–20 are observed in the time series of NDWOR ( Supplementary Figs S3a and S4 ).