Mitigation efforts will not fully alleviate the increase in water scarcity occurrence probability in wheat-producing areas

Authors: Miroslav Trnka, Song Feng, Mikhail A. Semenov, Jørgen E. Olesen, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Reimund P. Rötter, Daniela Semerádová, Karel Klem, Wei Huang, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Petr Hlavinka, Jan Meitner, Jan Balek, Petr Havlík, Ulf Büntgen

Published: 2019-09-25

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau2406

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Abstract

The risk of severe water scarcity events simultaneously affecting key wheat-producing areas doubles despite CO