Emerging trends in global freshwater availability.
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SUBMITTER: Rodell M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6077847 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
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Emerging trends in global freshwater availability.
Rodell M M Famiglietti J S JS Wiese D N DN Reager J T JT Beaudoing H K HK Landerer F W FW Lo M-H MH
Nature 20180516 7707
Freshwater availability is changing worldwide. Here we quantify 34 trends in terrestrial water storage observed by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites during 2002-2016 and categorize their drivers as natural interannual variability, unsustainable groundwater consumption, climate change or combinations thereof. Several of these trends had been lacking thorough investigation and attribution, including massive changes in northwestern China and the Okavango Delta. Others a ...[more]
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