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Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality

Authors :
Ting Ma
Siao Sun
Guangtao Fu
Jim W. Hall
Yong Ni
Lihuan He
Jiawei Yi
Na Zhao
Yunyan Du
Tao Pei
Weiming Cheng
Ci Song
Chuanglin Fang
Chenghu Zhou
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

The impact on inadequate water quality on water scarcity is unclear. Here the authors quantify China’s present-day water scarcity and show that inadequate water quality exacerbates China’s water scarcity, which is unevenly distributed across the country.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.18751025d9c344438ada1178b182cfea
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14532-5