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DOI | 10.1038/s41893-020-0483-z |
Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production | |
Richter, Brian D.1,2; Bartak, Dominique3; Caldwell, Peter4; Davis, Kyle Frankel5,6,7; Debaere, Peter8; Hoekstra, Arjen Y.9,10; Li, Tianshu11; Marston, Landon12; McManamay, Ryan13; Mekonnen, Mesfin M.14; Ruddell, Benjamin L.15; Rushforth, Richard R.15; Troy, Tara J.16,17 | |
2020-03-02 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 3期号:4页码:319-328 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Netherlands; Singapore; Peoples R China; Canada |
英文摘要 | Human consumption of freshwater is now approaching or surpassing the rate at which water sources are being naturally replenished in many regions, creating water shortage risks for people and ecosystems. Here we assess the impact of human water uses and their connection to water scarcity and ecological damage across the United States, identify primary causes of river dewatering and explore ways to ameliorate them. We find irrigation of cattle-feed crops to be the greatest consumer of river water in the western United States, implicating beef and dairy consumption as the leading driver of water shortages and fish imperilment in the region. We assess opportunities for alleviating water scarcity by reducing cattle-feed production, finding that temporary, rotational fallowing of irrigated feed crops can markedly reduce water shortage risks and improve ecological sustainability. Long-term water security and river ecosystem health will ultimately require Americans to consume less beef that depends on irrigated feed crops. Water use in river basins is an age-old resource-management question, but it is rare to quantify consumption by specific sectors. The Colorado River is being overused for beef and dairy production, endangering the entire river ecosystem. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000517740000002 |
WOS关键词 | CLIMATE-CHANGE ; UNITED-STATES ; FLOW ; WITHDRAWALS ; FOOTPRINT ; GROUNDWATER ; RESPONSES ; IMPACTS ; DROUGHT |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/249405 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Sustainable Waters, Crozet, VA 22932 USA; 2.Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA; 3.Water Asset Management, San Francisco, CA USA; 4.US Forest Serv, USDA, Southern Res Stn, Otto, NC USA; 5.Univ Delaware, Dept Geog & Spatial Sci, Newark, DE USA; 6.Univ Delaware, Dept Plant & Soil Sci, Newark, DE USA; 7.Columbia Univ, Data Sci Inst, New York, NY USA; 8.Univ Virginia, Darden Sch Business, Charlottesville, VA USA; 9.Univ Twente, Twente Water Ctr, Enschede, Netherlands; 10.Natl Univ Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew Sch Publ Policy, Inst Water Policy, Singapore, Singapore; 11.Nanjing Audit Univ, Inst Urban Dev, Nanjing, Peoples R China; 12.Kansas State Univ, Civil Engn Dept, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA; 13.Baylor Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Waco, TX 76798 USA; 14.Univ Nebraska, Robert B Daugherty Water Food Global Inst, Lincoln, NE USA; 15.No Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; 16.Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA; 17.Univ Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Richter, Brian D.,Bartak, Dominique,Caldwell, Peter,et al. Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production[J]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,2020,3(4):319-328. |
APA | Richter, Brian D..,Bartak, Dominique.,Caldwell, Peter.,Davis, Kyle Frankel.,Debaere, Peter.,...&Troy, Tara J..(2020).Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,3(4),319-328. |
MLA | Richter, Brian D.,et al."Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 3.4(2020):319-328. |
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