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DOI	10.1126/science.1183188
	Climate change will affect the asian water towers
	Immerzeel W.W.; Van Beek L.P.H.; Bierkens M.F.P.
发表日期	2010
ISSN	0036-8075
起始页码	1382
结束页码	1385
卷号	328 期号:5984
英文摘要	More than 1.4 billion people depend on water from the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, and Yellow rivers. Upstream snow and ice reserves of these basins, important in sustaining seasonal water availability, are likely to be affected substantially by climate change, but to what extent is yet unclear. Here, we show that meltwater is extremely important in the Indus basin and important for the Brahmaputra basin, but plays only a modest role for the Ganges, Yangtze, and Yellow rivers. A huge difference also exists between basins in the extent to which climate change is predicted to affect water availability and food security. The Brahmaputra and Indus basins are most susceptible to reductions of flow, threatening the food security of an estimated 60 million people.
英文关键词	ice; river water; climate change; food security; meltwater; river basin; water availability; water demand; article; Asian; climate change; food security; priority journal; seasonal variation; water availability; Asia
语种	英语
来源期刊	Science
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/244118
作者单位	FutureWater, Costerweg 1G, 6702 AA Wageningen, Netherlands; Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Post Office Box 80115, Utrecht, Netherlands; Deltares, Post Office Box 80015, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Immerzeel W.W.,Van Beek L.P.H.,Bierkens M.F.P.. Climate change will affect the asian water towers[J],2010,328(5984).
APA	Immerzeel W.W.,Van Beek L.P.H.,&Bierkens M.F.P..(2010).Climate change will affect the asian water towers.Science,328(5984).
MLA	Immerzeel W.W.,et al."Climate change will affect the asian water towers".Science 328.5984(2010).