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Water scarcity risk through trade of the Yellow River Basin in China
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Water scarcity poses economic risks and affects the quality of national and regional development. The risk of local water scarcity can be conveyed to downstream economies through interregional trade for potential economic losses.
Jingxue Wei +3 more
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Deepening water scarcity in breadbasket nations [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsWater is crucial for meeting sustainability targets, but its unsustainable use threatens human wellbeing and the environment. Past assessments of water scarcity (i.e., water demand in exceedance of availability) have often been spatially coarse and ...
Qinyu Deng +12 more
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Challenges and Solutions for Global Water Scarcity [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 Climate change, global population growth, and rising standards of living have put immense strain on natural resources, resulting in the unsecured availability of water as an existential resource. Access to high-quality drinking water is crucial for daily
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Indicator metrics and temporal aggregations introduce ambiguities in water scarcity estimates [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWater scarcity is a global challenge affecting billions of people worldwide. This study systematically assesses differences in the estimation of the global population exposed to water scarcity based on 7 water scarcity indicators and 11 Environmental ...
Fitsume T. Wolkeba +3 more
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Water quality management could halve future water scarcity cost-effectively in the Pearl River Basin [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsReducing water scarcity requires both mitigation of the increasing water pollution and adaptation to the changing availability and demand of water resources under global change. However, state-of-the-art water scarcity modeling efforts often ignore water
Safa Baccour +6 more
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A triple increase in global river basins with water scarcity due to future pollution [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsWater security is at stake today. While climate changes influence water availability, urbanization and agricultural activities have led to increasing water demand as well as pollution, limiting safe water use.
Mengru Wang +9 more
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Hydrological sciences and water security: An overview [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 This paper provides an introduction to the concepts of water security including not only the risks to human wellbeing posed by floods and droughts, but also the threats of inadequate supply of water in both quantity and quality for food production, human
G. Young +3 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Groundwater has been widely used in Thailand for many purposes, including agricultural activities; therefore, groundwater can be contaminated and affect the environment and human health.
Sorranat Ratchawang +4 more
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Water scarcity: The changing California water scene
California Agriculture, 1991 California Agriculture - All ...
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A global water scarcity assessment under Shared Socio-economic Pathways – Part 2: Water availability and scarcity [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2013 A global water scarcity assessment for the 21st century was conducted under the latest socio-economic scenario for global change studies, namely Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs).
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