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dc.contributor.authorHuggins, Xander
dc.contributor.authorGleeson, Tom
dc.contributor.authorKummu, Matti
dc.contributor.authorZipper, Samuel C.
dc.contributor.authorWada, Yoshihide
dc.contributor.authorTroy, Tara J.
dc.contributor.authorFamiglietti, James S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-04T15:14:40Z
dc.date.available2022-05-04T15:14:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-21
dc.identifier.citationHuggins, X., Gleeson, T., Kummu, M. et al. Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss. Nat Commun 13, 439 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28029-wen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/32752
dc.description.abstractHumans and ecosystems are deeply connected to, and through, the hydrological cycle. However, impacts of hydrological change on social and ecological systems are infrequently evaluated together at the global scale. Here, we focus on the potential for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss. We find basins with existing freshwater stress are drying (losing storage) disproportionately, exacerbating the challenges facing the water stressed versus non-stressed basins of the world. We map the global gradient in social-ecological vulnerability to freshwater stress and storage loss and identify hotspot basins for prioritization (n = 168). These most-vulnerable basins encompass over 1.5 billion people, 17% of global food crop production, 13% of global gross domestic product, and hundreds of significant wetlands. There are thus substantial social and ecological benefits to reducing vulnerability in hotspot basins, which can be achieved through hydro-diplomacy, social adaptive capacity building, and integrated water resources management practices.en_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titleHotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage lossen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorZipper, Samuel C.
kusw.kudepartmentKansas Geological Surveyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41467-022-28029-wen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-6313-8299en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-9493-7707en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-5096-0163en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-8735-5757en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-4770-2539en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-5366-0633en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC8783008en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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