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Regional water footprint assessment for a semi-arid basin in India [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2022
Water footprint assessment enables us to pinpoint the impacts and limitations of the current systems. Identifying vulnerabilities across various regions and times helps us prepare for suitable actions for improving water productivity and promoting ...
Mukesh Kumar Mehla
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Bitcoin’s growing water footprint

open access: yesCell Reports Sustainability
Summary: Amid growing concerns over the impacts of climate change on worldwide water security, Bitcoin’s water footprint has rapidly escalated in recent years.
Alex de Vries
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Water Footprint: Help or Hindrance?

open access: greenWater Alternatives, 2012
In response to increasing concerns about pressures on global water resources, researchers have developed a range of water footprint concepts and tools. These have been deployed for a variety of purposes by businesses, governments and NGOs.
Ashok Kumar Chapagain, David Tickner
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Historical simulation of maize water footprints with a new global gridded crop model ACEA [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2022
Crop water productivity is a key element of water and food security in the world and can be quantified by the water footprint (WF). Previous studies have looked at the spatially explicit distribution of crop WFs, but little is known about their temporal ...
O. Mialyk   +4 more
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Water resources evaluation and driving factor analysis in nine provinces of Western China based on water footprint theory

open access: goldEcological Indicators
The Western China is characterized by scarce rainfall and fragile ecological environments. The quantity and utilization of water resources determine the region’s development prospects.
Feng Liu   +4 more
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The Water Footprint of Sugar Cane And Sugar Beet Cultivated in Egypt [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2021
Sugar cane is the main source for refined sugar and the sole source for the molasses industry in Egypt. However, it consumes huge amount of water that could be used to produce other high value crops.
A. Khalil, M. Ibrahim
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A bibliometrics review of hotspots in water footprint research based on co-words network analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The uneven distribution of water resources and production fragmentation make the study of water footprint an important part of water resources management and environmental research.
Yun Sun   +6 more
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The water footprint of bioenergy [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
All energy scenarios show a shift toward an increased percentage of renewable energy sources, including biomass. This study gives an overview of water footprints (WFs) of bioenergy from 12 crops that currently contribute the most to global agricultural production: barley, cassava, maize, potato, rapeseed, rice, rye, sorghum, soybean, sugar
Gerbens-Leenes, Winnie   +2 more
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