Focus: Water in a warming world

Water is the basis for life as we know it, in a biological as well as a societal sense. Under the combined influences of human development and a warming climate, supply and demand of water for consumption and irrigation, mineral exploration and energy production will change. In this joint web focus, Nature Geoscience and Nature Climate Change present overview articles, original research and opinion pieces that analyse the availability and governance of fresh water in a changing world.

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