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Ground water and climate change
1 Ground water is an almost ubiquitous source of generally high-quality fresh water. These characteristics promote its widespread development, which can be scaled and localized to demand, obviating the need for substantial infrastructure1. Globally, ground water is the source of one third of all freshwater withdrawals, supplying an estimated 36%, 42% and 27% of the water used for domestic, agri...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Climate Change
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1758-678X,1758-6798
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1744