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Water stewardship in the twenty-first century

The impacts of extreme weather are being felt by us all and scientific research points to a likely worsening of weather patterns in the next decades. Therefore, it is imperative to think carefully about how we build the infrastructure of the future to increase the resilience of our societies.

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Figure 1: Water-level extremes in the UK.

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Simpson, P. Water stewardship in the twenty-first century. Nature Clim Change 4, 311–313 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2217

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