Emerging global freshwater challenges unveiled through observation-constrained projections

Huo, Fei; Li, Yanping; Li, Zhenhua

doi:10.5194/esd-17-291-2026

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Emerging global freshwater challenges unveiled through observation-constrained projections

Fei Huo, Yanping Li, and Zhenhua Li

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