Mediterranean irrigation under climate change: more efficient irrigation needed to compensate for increases in irrigation water requirements

Fader, Marianela; Shi, Sinan; von Bloh, Werner; Bondeau, Alberte; Crämer, Wolfgang

doi:10.5194/hess-20-953-2016

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Mediterranean irrigation under climate change: more efficient irrigation needed to compensate for increases in irrigation water requirements

Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences • Mar 3, 2016

Authors:

Marianela Fader

Sinan Shi

Werner von Bloh

Abstract

Abstract. Irrigation in the Mediterranean is of vital importance for food security, employment and economic development. This study systematically assesses how climate change and increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations may affect irrigation requirements in the Mediterranean region by 2080–2090. ...

Subject

Environmental science

Irrigation

Climate change

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