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Groundwater depletion embedded in international food trade

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  • Carole Dalin

    (Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London)

  • Yoshihide Wada

    (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
    Columbia University, Center for Climate Systems Research
    NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
    Utrecht University)

  • Thomas Kastner

    (Institute of Social Ecology, Vienna, Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt, Wien, Graz
    Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F))

  • Michael J. Puma

    (Columbia University, Center for Climate Systems Research
    NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
    Center for Climate and Life, Columbia University)

Abstract

Global food consumption drives irrigation for crops, which depletes aquifers in some regions; here we quantify the volumes of groundwater depletion associated with global food production and international trade.

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  • Carole Dalin & Yoshihide Wada & Thomas Kastner & Michael J. Puma, 2017. "Groundwater depletion embedded in international food trade," Nature, Nature, vol. 543(7647), pages 700-704, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:543:y:2017:i:7647:d:10.1038_nature21403
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21403
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