Two-thirds of the world’s drinking water already comes from surface waters, including many tidal rivers such as the Rhine, the Mississippi, and the Chao Phraya in Thailand. These waters are essential for drinking water supplies, agriculture, and industrial use, but rising salinity is threatening their usability worldwide.
“Salinisation of water resources in tidal rivers is a global problem that has so far only been investigated in site-specific studies.” – Ming Li, coastal and estuarine dynamics expert at the University of Maryland, lead author of the study
The main cause of this development is climate change. It is leading to accelerated sea level rise, prolonged dry periods with…more
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