Highlights•With intensification of agriculture, AWP will increase unless managed
effectively.•Better understanding is required to achieve this.•Accurate methods for …

The water-related exposome is a significant determinant of human health. The disease
burden through water results from water-associated communicable and non-communicable …

Water scarcity threatens people in various regions, and has predominantly been studied
from a water quantity perspective only. Here we show that global water scarcity is driven by …

Water security is at stake today. While climate changes influence water availability,
urbanization and agricultural activities have led to increasing water demand as well as …

Quantifying the transport of plastic debris from river to sea is crucial for assessing the risks of
plastic debris to human health and the environment. We present a global modelling …

The main objective of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is to remove pathogens,
nutrients, organics, and other pollutants from wastewater. After these contaminants are …

Coastal marine ecosystems face a host of pressures from both offshore and land-based
human activity. Research on terrestrial threats to coastal ecosystems has primarily focused …

Reducing water scarcity requires both mitigation of the increasing water pollution and
adaptation to the changing availability and demand of water resources under global change …

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Contamination with plastic debris has been recognized as one of today's major
environmental quality problems. Because most of the sources are land based, concerns are …