Water Systems and Global Change
The Water Systems and Global Change (WSG) group is a solution multidisciplinary research group where staff and students can develop new skills and excel in their science on water systems and global change
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Rethinking water scarcity
Rethinking water scarcity: quality matters
Current assessments of water scarcity primarily focus on water quantity. But as water quality issues are prevalent worldwide, we need to rethink the concept of water scarcity to include also the quality of freshwater resources available for different water use sectors and ecosystems. In today’s issue of Nature Geoscience Michelle van Vliet (chair group Water Systems and Global Change) and colleagues propose a new approach to estimating water scarcity that includes relevant water quality requirements per sector.
Read moreInauguration Prof.dr. F (Fulco) Ludwig
Read moreEnergie en landbouw concurreren om water in veranderend klimaat
Hoe voorzie je op wereldschaal de voedsel- en energieproductie van voldoende water, zodat er genoeg overblijft voor de natuur, terwijl het klimaat steeds droger wordt? In zijn inaugurele rede aan Wageningen University & Research op 22 juni brengt prof. Fulco Ludwig de slinkende waterstromen in kaart en geeft perspectieven voor overheden en individuele boeren.
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How do we provide the world with sufficient and clean water? One of the large problems the world is facing, is how to supply sufficient and qualitatively good freshwater. This issue is high on the agenda of the... -
Climate change threatens the Zambian timber industry Climate change reduces the growth of the Mukusi trees (also known as Zambezi teak), which are Zambia’s main hardwood-timber source. The threat... -
The urgency of treating waste water “Increased sewage connection will increase river pollution,” said Maryna Strokal of the Water Systems and Global Change group of...