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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Josefin Thorslund, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Gualbert H. P. Oude Essink, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Michelle T. H. van Vliet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24281-8