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Water in a changing world

2001-08-01

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Renewable fresh water comprises a tiny fraction of the global water pool but is the foundation for life in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. The benefits to humans of renewable fresh water include water for drinking, irrigation, and industrial uses, for production of fish and waterfowl, and for such instream uses as recreation, transportation, and waste disposal. In the coming century, climate change and a gr...

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Literature Corpus work: 2a846dd8-d310-52ea-ac90-95ed3470afc6
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1027:wiacw]2.0.co;2

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