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Understanding how ecosystems act as C sources or sinks is essential for mitigating climate change, and for implementing nature conservation strategies and environmental policies. Headwater streams, draining more than 50% of the landscape, are considered control points for CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions, outgassing about one third of terrestrial primary productivity. However, there are still many unknowns about sources and mechanisms driving CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0evasion from headwaters and its variability over time and space.<\/p>\n<p>Current theory states that headwaters streams are chimneys of terrestrially-derived CO<sub>2<\/sub>, either coming from soil respiration or rock weathering. These lateral inputs are assumed to widely overwhelm CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0produced by in-stream metabolic processes. However, evidence is growing that the contribution of stream metabolism to CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0evasion may be higher than initially thought. EVASIONA hypothesizes that CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0sources (lateral groundwater inputs vs. stream metabolism) are strongly controlled by climate and hydrological processes. We expect large contribution of stream metabolism to CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0evasion during dry periods when groundwater inputs are small, as typically occurs in water-scarce regions. Furthermore, we expect riparian-stream hydrological processes to control source\u2019s contribution to CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0evasion by determining not only lateral CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0inputs, but also the supply of dissolved organic matter (DOC) and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), two essential resources fueling heterotrophic activity, and thus, in-stream CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0production.<\/p>\n<p>EVASIONA combines up-to-date modelling and empirical approaches, in situ high-frequency monitoring, microcosm experiments, and smart metabolic tracers to assess spatiotemporal patterns of riparian groundwater inputs, and identify hot spots and hot moments of in-stream CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0production associated with increases in DOC and DIN availability. EVASIONA will ultimately determine the contribution of lateral groundwater inputs vs. instream sources to CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0evasion as a function of hydrological and environmental conditions. Our results will help to answer fundamental questions such as: does metabolic activity in headwater streams contribute to CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0evasion? Does this contribution change over time and space? Which climatic and environmental conditions favor headwater streams to act as CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0sources or sinks? 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