Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1038/ngeo3052 |
Decline of the world's saline lakes | |
Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A.1,2; Miller, Craig3; Null, Sarah E.1,2; DeRose, R. Justin4; Wilcock, Peter1,2; Hahnenberger, Maura5; Howe, Frank6,7; Moore, Johnnie8 | |
2017-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE GEOSCIENCE |
ISSN | 1752-0894 |
EISSN | 1752-0908 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 10期号:11 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Many of the world's saline lakes are shrinking at alarming rates, reducing waterbird habitat and economic benefits while threatening human health. Saline lakes are long-term basin-wide integrators of climatic conditions that shrink and grow with natural climatic variation. In contrast, water withdrawals for human use exert a sustained reduction in lake inflows and levels. Quantifying the relative contributions of natural variability and human impacts to lake inflows is needed to preserve these lakes. With a credible water balance, causes of lake decline from water diversions or climate variability can be identified and the inflow needed to maintain lake health can be defined. Without a water balance, natural variability can be an excuse for inaction. Here we describe the decline of several of the world's large saline lakes and use a water balance for Great Salt Lake (USA) to demonstrate that consumptive water use rather than long-term climate change has greatly reduced its size. The inflow needed to maintain bird habitat, support lake-related industries and prevent dust storms that threaten human health and agriculture can be identified and provides the information to evaluate the difficult tradeoffs between direct benefits of consumptive water use and ecosystem services provided by saline lakes. |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000414031600008 |
WOS关键词 | BASIN ; VARIABILITY ; FUTURE ; ABERT |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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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/34934 |
专题 | 地球科学 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Utah State Univ, Dept Watershed Sci, Logan, UT 84322 USA; 2.Utah State Univ, Ecol Ctr, Logan, UT 84322 USA; 3.Utah Div Water Resources, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 USA; 4.US Forest Serv, Rocky Mt Res Stn, Ogden, UT 84401 USA; 5.Salt Lake Community Coll, Salt Lake City, UT 84123 USA; 6.Utah Div Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, UT 84322 USA; 7.Utah State Univ, Wildland Resources Dept, Salt Lake City, UT 84322 USA; 8.Univ Montana, Dept Geosci, Missoula, MT 59812 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A.,Miller, Craig,Null, Sarah E.,et al. Decline of the world's saline lakes[J]. NATURE GEOSCIENCE,2017,10(11). |
APA | Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A..,Miller, Craig.,Null, Sarah E..,DeRose, R. Justin.,Wilcock, Peter.,...&Moore, Johnnie.(2017).Decline of the world's saline lakes.NATURE GEOSCIENCE,10(11). |
MLA | Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A.,et al."Decline of the world's saline lakes".NATURE GEOSCIENCE 10.11(2017). |
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