Search Results - "Water Supply statistics & numerical data"

Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally by Jasechko, Scott, Seybold, Hansjörg, Perrone, Debra, Fan, Ying, Shamsudduha, Mohammad, Taylor, Richard G., Fallatah, Othman, Kirchner, James W.

“…Groundwater resources are vital to ecosystems and livelihoods. Excessive groundwater withdrawals can cause groundwater levels to decline 1 – 10 , resulting in…”
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Global prevalence of non-perennial rivers and streams by Messager, Mathis Loïc, Lehner, Bernhard, Cockburn, Charlotte, Lamouroux, Nicolas, Pella, Hervé, Snelder, Ton, Tockner, Klement, Trautmann, Tim, Watt, Caitlin, Datry, Thibault

“…Flowing waters have a unique role in supporting global biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles and human societies 1 – 5 . Although the importance of permanent…”
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High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes by Pekel, Jean-François, Cottam, Andrew, Gorelick, Noel, Belward, Alan S.

“…A freely available dataset produced from three million Landsat satellite images reveals substantial changes in the distribution of global surface water over…”
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Asia’s shrinking glaciers protect large populations from drought stress by Pritchard, Hamish D.

“…About 800 million people depend in part on meltwater from the thousands of glaciers in the high mountains of Asia. Water stress makes this region vulnerable to…”
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The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment by Lenzen, Manfred, Malik, Arunima, Li, Mengyu, Fry, Jacob, Weisz, Helga, Pichler, Peter-Paul, Chaves, Leonardo Suveges Moreira, Capon, Anthony, Pencheon, David

“…Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to…”
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Water and climate: Recognize anthropogenic drought by AghaKouchak, Amir, Feldman, David, Hoerling, Martin, Huxman, Travis, Lund, Jay

“…California's current extreme drought must be a lesson for managing water in a warmer, more densely populated world, say Amir AghaKouchak and colleagues…”
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Evidence of human influence on Northern Hemisphere snow loss by Gottlieb, Alexander R., Mankin, Justin S.

“…Documenting the rate, magnitude and causes of snow loss is essential to benchmark the pace of climate change and to manage the differential water security…”
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Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia’s water tower by Zhang, Qiang, Shen, Zexi, Pokhrel, Yadu, Farinotti, Daniel, Singh, Vijay P., Xu, Chong-Yu, Wu, Wenhuan, Wang, Gang

“…Water resources sustainability in High Mountain Asia (HMA) surrounding the Tibetan Plateau (TP)—known as Asia’s water tower—has triggered widespread concerns…”
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The world faces a water crisis — 4 powerful charts show how by Naddaf, Miryam

“…Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first UN conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference? Hundreds…”
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The rising pressure of global water shortages by Eliasson, Jan

“…Water is becoming more scarce as populations increase, potentially leading to conflict. The age of hydro-diplomacy is upon us, says Jan Eliasson…”
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A review on microbial contaminants in stormwater runoff and outfalls: Potential health risks and mitigation strategies by Ahmed, Warish, Hamilton, Kerry, Toze, Simon, Cook, Stephen, Page, Declan

“…Demands on global water supplies are increasing in response to the need to provide more food, water, and energy for a rapidly growing population. These water…”
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 by Gakidou, Emmanuela, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdulle, Abdishakur M, Adetokunboh, Olatunji, Agrawal, Sutapa, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Ammar, Walid, Asayesh, Hamid, Azzopardi, Peter, Balakrishnan, Kalpana, Barquera, Simon, Barregard, Lars, Battle, Katherine E, Bennett, James R, Berhe, Derbew Fikadu, Catalá-López, Ferrán, Cercy, Kelly, Dandona, Rakhi, Davletov, Kairat, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Ding, Eric L, Duncan, Bruce Bartholow, El-Khatib, Ziad Ziad, Erskine, Holly E, Esteghamati, Alireza, Farinha, Carla Sofia e Sa, Fullman, Nancy, Furtado, Joao M, Gemechu, Bikila Lencha, Gopalani, Sameer Vali, Handal, Alexis J, Hankey, Graeme J, Horita, Nobuyuki, Jackson, Maria Delores, Johansson, Lars R K, Kahsay, Amaha, Karema, Corine Kakizi, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Keiyoro, Peter Njenga, Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad, Kim, Yun Jin, Kopec, Jacek A, Kyu, Hmwe H, Lalloo, Ratilal, Lee, Paul H, Leigh, James, Li, Yichong, Liu, Patrick, Lopez, Alan D, Lotufo, Paulo A, Lunevicius, Raimundas, Magdy Abd El Razek, Hassan, Mantovani, Lorenzo G, Matzopoulos, Richard, McAlinden, Colm, Mehndiratta, Man Mohan, Melaku, Yohannes Adama, Millear, Anoushka, Mohammed, Kedir Endris, Montico, Marcella, Morawska, Lidia, Musa, Kamarul Imran, Natarajan, Gopalakrishnan, Noubiap, Jean Jacques N, Olagunju, Tinuke Oluwasefunmi, Olusanya, Jacob Olusegun, Panda-Jonas, Songhomitra, Pandian, Jeyaraj D, Papachristou, Christina, Piradov, Michael A, Plass, Dietrich, Pourmalek, Farshad, Reiner, Robert C, Ribeiro, Antonio L, Sadat, Nafis, Safi, Sare, Sanchez-Niño, Maria Dolores, Shaddick, Gavin, Shamsipour, Mansour, Shariful Islam, Sheikh Mohammed, Shen, Jiabin, Shiferaw, Mekonnen Sisay, Smith, David L, Strub, Bryan, Tarekegn, Yihunie L, Tegegne, Teketo Kassaw, Tehrani-Banihashemi, Arash, Thankappan, Kavumpurathu Raman, Thrift, Amanda G, Torre, Anna, Uneke, Chigozie Jesse, Varughese, Santosh, Venkateswaran, Vidhya, Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy, Violante, Francesco S, Yakob, Bereket, Yan, Lijing L, Yimam, Hassen Hamid, Zavala-Arciniega, Luis

“…The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) provides a comprehensive assessment of risk factor exposure and attributable…”
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Water Footprint of crop productions: A review by Lovarelli, Daniela, Bacenetti, Jacopo, Fiala, Marco

“…Water Footprint is an indicator recently developed with the goal of quantifying the virtual content of water in products and/or services. It can also be used…”
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Multimodel assessment of water scarcity under climate change by Schewe, Jacob, Heinke, Jens, Gerten, Dieter, Haddeland, Ingjerd, Arnell, Nigel W, Clark, Douglas B, Dankers, Rutger, Eisner, Stephanie, Fekete, Balázs M, Colón-González, Felipe J, Gosling, Simon N, Kim, Hyungjun, Liu, Xingcai, Masaki, Yoshimitsu, Portmann, Felix T, Satoh, Yusuke, Stacke, Tobias, Tang, Qiuhong, Wada, Yoshihide, Wisser, Dominik, Albrecht, Torsten, Frieler, Katja, Piontek, Franziska, Warszawski, Lila, Kabat, Pavel

“…Water scarcity severely impairs food security and economic prosperity in many countries today. Expected future population changes will, in many countries as…”
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Worldwide drinking water occurrence and levels of newly-identified perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances by Kaboré, Hermann A., Vo Duy, Sung, Munoz, Gabriel, Méité, Ladji, Desrosiers, Mélanie, Liu, Jinxia, Sory, Traoré Karim, Sauvé, Sébastien

“…•133 PFASs from different chemical classes were screened in drinking water samples.•Detection frequencies in tap water were high (64–92%) for short-chain…”
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The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP): project framework by Warszawski, Lila, Frieler, Katja, Huber, Veronika, Piontek, Franziska, Serdeczny, Olivia, Schewe, Jacob

“…The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project offers a framework to compare climate impact projections in different sectors and at different scales…”
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How do production practices and climate change impact the water footprint of dairy farms? by Palhares, Julio Cesar Pascale, De Souza, Debora Pantojo, Carra, Sofia Helena Zanella, Drastig, Katrin

“…Understanding water use in dairy production systems is crucial to promoting production practices and enhancing resilience to climate change. The study aimed to…”
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Nitrate pollution of groundwater; all right…, but nothing else? by Menció, Anna, Mas-Pla, Josep, Otero, Neus, Regàs, Oriol, Boy-Roura, Mercè, Puig, Roger, Bach, Joan, Domènech, Cristina, Zamorano, Manel, Brusi, David, Folch, Albert

“…Contamination from agricultural sources and, in particular, nitrate pollution, is one of the main concerns in groundwater management. However, this type of…”
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Quantifying volume reduction and peak flow mitigation for three bioretention cells in clay soils in northeast Ohio by Winston, Ryan J., Dorsey, Jay D., Hunt, William F.

“…Green infrastructure aims to restore watershed hydrologic function by more closely mimicking pre-development groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration (ET)…”
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Groundwater depletion embedded in international food trade by Dalin, Carole, Wada, Yoshihide, Kastner, Thomas, Puma, Michael J.

“…Global food consumption drives irrigation for crops, which depletes aquifers in some regions; here we quantify the volumes of groundwater depletion associated…”
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