Research synthesis is the integration of existing knowledge and research findings pertinent
to an issue. The aim of synthesis is to increase the generality and applicability of those …

Water is essential for wetland function and sustaining migratory networks for wetland wildlife
across broad landscapes. Groundwater declines and surface flow reductions that impact …

Basin-scale water scarcity, an adverse consequence of the imbalance between the
available fresh water and water demands, is an alarming situation in many countries …

Migrating waterbirds moving between upper and lower latitudinal breeding and wintering
grounds rely on a limited network of endorheic lakes and wetlands when crossing arid …

Increasing competition for freshwater underscores the need for scalable solutions to
manage and mitigate the impacts of freshwater scarcity. Appropriate rules and incentives …

A pressing question for managing recovery of depressed or declining species is: Can habitat
restoration increase resilience to climate change? We addressed this question for salmon …

Nearly two-thirds of fossil fuel-fired electricity generation capacity in the United States is
expected to reach its typical end of life by 2035. While the closure of fossil fuel-fired power …

Water-management infrastructure, such as dams, diversions, and levees, provides important
benefits to society, including energy, flood management, and water supply, but this …

Strong financial and operational underpinnings reduce risk to drinking water provision in the
face of changing population, climate, and regulations. Because responsibility for oversight of …

Water markets are used in a wide variety of contexts to (a) increase access to water, and (b)
increase water use efficiency by reallocating water to uses with a higher economic value …