Water is a critical resource, but ensuring its availability faces challenges from climate
extremes and human intervention. In this Review, we evaluate the current and historical …

Research coupling human nutrition and sustainability concerns is a rapidly developing field,
which is essential to guide governments' policies. This critical and comprehensive review …

Food system is the primary consumer of water resources, and dietary water footprint (DWF)
provides insights into exploring food-water nexus from a consumption perspective. Previous …

Irrigated agriculture dominates freshwater consumption globally, but crop production and
farm revenues suffer when water supplies are insufficient to meet irrigation needs. In the …

Wastewater with complex compositions of both heavy metals and organic pollutants is of
critical environmental and socioeconomic threat worldwide, which urgently requires feasible …

Rain-fed agricultural systems, which solely depend on green water (ie soil moisture from
rainfall), sustain∼ 60% of global food production and are particularly vulnerable to vagaries …

Food products require significant amounts of energy and water throughout their lifecycle, yet
humanity wastes 1.3 e9 tons of food on a yearly basis. A large part of this waste occurs …

Water scarcity has threatened the sustainability of human life, ecosystem evolution, and
socio-economic development. However, previous studies have often lacked a …

Crop production is the biggest water user and key contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse
gas emissions. Increasing crop yields to ensure adequate food supply under water and land …

Global freshwater biodiversity has been decreasing rapidly, requiring the restoration and
maintenance of environmental flows (EFs) in streams and rivers. EFs provide many …