Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide
Freshwater salinisation is a growing water quality problem, but impacts and drivers across regional to global scales have been lacking. A new assessment of inter-regional freshwater salinisation demonstrates the importance of irrigation as a driver of salinisation.
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| author | Josefin Thorslund Marc F. P. Bierkens Gualbert H. P. Oude Essink Edwin H. Sutanudjaja Michelle T. H. van Vliet |
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| description | Freshwater salinisation is a growing water quality problem, but impacts and drivers across regional to global scales have been lacking. A new assessment of inter-regional freshwater salinisation demonstrates the importance of irrigation as a driver of salinisation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4b53c6a19a14691b00492d3bdd31dce2022-12-21T18:00:35ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-07-0112111310.1038/s41467-021-24281-8Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwideJosefin Thorslund0Marc F. P. Bierkens1Gualbert H. P. Oude Essink2Edwin H. Sutanudjaja3Michelle T. H. van Vliet4Department of Physical Geography and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm UniversityDepartment of Physical Geography, Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Physical Geography, Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Physical Geography, Utrecht UniversityDepartment of Physical Geography, Utrecht UniversityFreshwater salinisation is a growing water quality problem, but impacts and drivers across regional to global scales have been lacking. A new assessment of inter-regional freshwater salinisation demonstrates the importance of irrigation as a driver of salinisation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24281-8 |
| spellingShingle | Josefin Thorslund Marc F. P. Bierkens Gualbert H. P. Oude Essink Edwin H. Sutanudjaja Michelle T. H. van Vliet Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide Nature Communications |
| title | Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide |
| title_full | Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide |
| title_fullStr | Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide |
| title_short | Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide |
| title_sort | common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24281-8 |
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