Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes

MTH Van Vliet, J Thorslund, M Strokal… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change and extreme weather events (such as droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and
floods) pose serious challenges for water management, in terms of both water resources …

Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

JS Albert, AC Carnaval, SGA Flantua, LG Lohmann… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural
activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity …

River export of macro-and microplastics to seas by sources worldwide

M Strokal, P Vriend, MP Bak, C Kroeze… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Seas are polluted with macro-(> 5 mm) and microplastics (< 5 mm). However, few studies
account for both types when modeling water quality, thus limiting our understanding of the …

Scientists' warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis

JS Albert, G Destouni, SM Duke-Sylvester… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
Freshwater ecosystems provide irreplaceable services for both nature and society. The
quality and quantity of freshwater affect biogeochemical processes and ecological dynamics …

Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: A systematic review

L Bonacina, F Fasano, V Mezzanotte… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water temperature is one of the main abiotic factors affecting the structure and functioning of
aquatic ecosystems and its alteration can have important effects on biological communities …

Characterizing the river water quality in China: Recent progress and on-going challenges

J Huang, Y Zhang, H Bing, J Peng, F Dong, J Gao… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Food production systems, urbanization, and other anthropogenic activities dramatically alter
natural hydrological and nutrient cycles, and are primarily responsible for water quality …

Anthropogenic drought: Definition, challenges, and opportunities

A AghaKouchak, A Mirchi, K Madani, G Di Baldassarre… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

Anthropogenic stresses on the world's big rivers

J Best - Nature Geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
The world's big rivers and their floodplains were central to development of civilization and
are now home to c. 2.7 billion people. They are economically vital whilst also constituting …

Water quality prospective in Twenty First Century: Status of water quality in major river basins, contemporary strategies and impediments: A review

S Giri - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality improvement is one of the top priorities in the global agenda endorsed by
United Nation. In this review manuscript, a holistic view of water quality degradation such as …

The future of Earth observation in hydrology

MF McCabe, M Rodell, DE Alsdorf… - Hydrology and earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In just the past 5 years, the field of Earth observation has progressed beyond the offerings of
conventional space-agency-based platforms to include a plethora of sensing opportunities …