| DOI | 10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y
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| Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers |
| Krebs, John R.1,2; Hassell, Michael3,4
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| 2019-12-09
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| 发表期刊 | NATURE
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| ISSN | 0028-0836
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| EISSN | 1476-4687
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| 出版年 | 2020
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| 卷号 | 577期号:7790页码:364-+ |
| 文章类型 | Article
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 国家 | Netherlands; Bolivia; USA; Scotland; England; Czech Republic; Peoples R China; Chile; Canada; India; Nepal; Switzerland; Austria |
| 英文关键词 | Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and anthropogenic water demands(1,2). They are highly sensitive and prone to climate change(3,4), yet their importance and vulnerability have not been quantified at the global scale. Here we present a global water tower index (WTI), which ranks all water towers in terms of their water-supplying role and the downstream dependence of ecosystems and society. For each water tower, we assess its vulnerability related to water stress, governance, hydropolitical tension and future climatic and socioeconomic changes. We conclude that the most important (highest WTI) water towers are also among the most vulnerable, and that climatic and socio-economic changes will affect them profoundly. This could negatively impact 1.9 billion people living in (0.3 billion) or directly downstream of (1.6 billion) mountainous areas. Immediate action is required to safeguard the future of the world'
s most important and vulnerable water towers.
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| 领域 | 地球科学
; 气候变化
; 资源环境
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| 收录类别 | SCI-E
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| WOS记录号 | WOS:000509570100032
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| WOS关键词 | CLIMATE-CHANGE
; SNOW
; MOUNTAINS
; ADAPTATION
; CRYOSPHERE
; INVENTORY
; RISKS
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| WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences
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| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/231905
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| 专题 | 地球科学
资源环境科学
气候变化
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| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Oxford, Zool, Oxford, England;
2.UK Food Stand Agcy, London, England;
3.Imperial Coll London, Insect Ecol, London, England;
4.Imperial Coll London, Dept Life Sci, London, England
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Krebs, John R.,Hassell, Michael. Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers[J].
NATURE,2019,577(7790):364-+.
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| APA |
Krebs, John R.,&Hassell, Michael.(2019).Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers.NATURE,577(7790),364-+.
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| MLA |
Krebs, John R.,et al."Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers".NATURE 577.7790(2019):364-+.
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