What do we know about water scarcity in semi-arid zones? A global analysis and research trends

F Morante-Carballo, N Montalván-Burbano… - Water, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Water supply is strategic for the development of society. The water distribution in nature
follows patterns linked to geographic and territorial issues. Climate fluctuations aggravate …

Water, agriculture and food: challenges and issues

LS Pereira - Water Resources Management, 2017‏ - Springer
Population growth, increasing demands for food, ever-growing competition for water,
reduced supply reliability, climate change and climate uncertainty and droughts, decline in …

Sha** the water-harvesting behavior of metal–organic frameworks aided by fine-tuned GPT models

Z Zheng, AH Alawadhi, S Chheda… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
We construct a data set of metal–organic framework (MOF) linkers and employ a fine-tuned
GPT assistant to propose MOF linker designs by mutating and modifying the existing linker …

Water depletion: An improved metric for incorporating seasonal and dry-year water scarcity into water risk assessments

KA Brauman, BD Richter, S Postel, M Malsy… - Elementa, 2016‏ - online.ucpress.edu
We present an improved water-scarcity metric we call water depletion, calculated as the
fraction of renewable water consumptively used for human activities. We employ new data …

Impacts of glacier recession and declining meltwater on mountain societies

M Carey, OC Molden, MB Rasmussen… - Annals of the …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Glacierized mountains are often referred to as our world's water towers because glaciers
both store water over time and regulate seasonal stream flow, releasing runoff during dry …

The paradox of water pricing: dichotomies, dilemmas, and decisions

RQ Grafton, L Chu, P Wyrwoll - Oxford Review of Economic …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
We deliver a public policy perspective on the dichotomies, dilemmas, and decisions of water
pricing. First, the dichotomies between price and value, and costs, are defined to explain the …

Prefectures vulnerable to water scarcity are not evenly distributed across China

F Zhao, X Wang, Y Wu, SK Singh - Communications Earth & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Water scarcity has become a significant constraint to sustainable development. While the
water scarcity has been widely assessed, its social impacts are infrequently evaluated. Here …

A Bayesian framework for probabilistic seasonal drought forecasting

S Madadgar, H Moradkhani - Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2013‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Seasonal drought forecasting is presented within a multivariate probabilistic framework. The
standardized streamflow index (SSI) is used to characterize hydrologic droughts with …

Climate change and water‐related ecosystem services: impacts of drought in california, usa

H Chang, MR Bonnette - Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2016‏ - spj.science.org
We investigated the potential impacts of climate change on water‐related ecosystem
services (). Based on the review of the recent literature, we concluded that climate change …

[HTML][HTML] 21st Century water withdrawal decoupling: A pathway to a more water-wise world?

F Dalstein, A Naqvi - Water Resources and Economics, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Human demand for adequate water resources and supplies has been and will continue to
be a fundamental issue in the 21st century due to rapid population growth, growing …