Global water security threatened by rising inequality
He, C. et al. Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions. Nat. Commun. 12, 4667 (2021). Article …
Satellite image shows world’s former largest iceberg near end | National
The bright blue areas visible on its surface and on the icebergs to its south are ponds of…
High resolution US water table depth estimates reveal quantity of accessible groundwater
Ferguson, G. et al. Crustal Groundwater Volumes Greater Than Previously Thought. Geophys Res Lett. 48, e2021GL093549 (2021). Article …
Human contributions to evapotranspiration mitigate swings in dry-to-wet year transitions
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. California’s Working Landscape https://www.ucop.edu/innovation-transfer-operations/_files/Econ%20Impact%20Rpts/anr-ca-working-landscape-2019.pdf (2019). Peterson, C., Pittelkow, C. & Lundy,…
Synergies in environmental and agricultural water availability under climate change
Ruckelshaus, M. H. et al. The IPBES Global Assessment: pathways to action. Trends Ecol. Evol. 35, 407–414 (2020).…
Local damages drive network-wide costs in compound flood-prone coastal city
Study area We investigate the isolated and compound impacts of multiple flood drivers on the road infrastructure systems…
Irrigation-induced land water depletion aggravated by climate change
Crops and Drops (FAO, 2002). Siebert, S. et al. A global data set of the extent of irrigated…
Predicting water scarcity in northern Bangladesh using deep learning and climate data
Baseline Maps Figures 1 and 2a illustrate the area percentage of drought susceptibility classes across three agricultural periods:…
Synchronization of global peak river discharge since the 1980s
Merz, B. et al. Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods. Nat. Rev. Earth Environ. 2, 592–609…
Coral reefs begin death spiral as climate tipping point nears | Outdoors
By Stephen Beech Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode due to climate…
Neglecting land–atmosphere feedbacks overestimates climate-driven increases in evapotranspiration
Fischer, E. M. & Knutti, R. Anthropogenic contribution to global occurrence of heavy-precipitation and high-temperature extremes. Nat. Clim.…
Aeration scheme promises clearer West Kelowna water | News
A new aeration system will pump oxygen into a third of a West Kelowna reservoir to improve drinking…