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SUBMITTER: Mekonnen MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4758739 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mekonnen Mesfin M MM Hoekstra Arjen Y AY
Science advances 20160212 2
Freshwater scarcity is increasingly perceived as a global systemic risk. Previous global water scarcity assessments, measuring water scarcity annually, have underestimated experienced water scarcity by failing to capture the seasonal fluctuations in water consumption and availability. We assess blue water scarcity globally at a high spatial resolution on a monthly basis. We find that two-thirds of the global population (4.0 billion people) live under conditions of severe water scarcity at least ...[more]