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Mesfin Mekonnen
Researcher at University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Publications - 112
Citations - 18516
Mesfin Mekonnen is an academic researcher from University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The author has contributed to research in topics: Water use & Water resources. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 103 publications receiving 14932 citations. Previous affiliations of Mesfin Mekonnen include University of Twente & University of Alabama.
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Four billion people facing severe water scarcity
TL;DR: It is found that two-thirds of the global population (4.0 billion people) live under conditions of severe water scarcity at least 1 month of the year, and nearly half of those people live in India and China.
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The Water Footprint Assessment Manual: Setting the Global Standard
TL;DR: The Water Footprint Network (WFN) as mentioned in this paper is a set of definitions and methods for water footprint accounting, as well as a library of water footprint response options for consumers, nations, and businesses.
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The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a grid-based dynamic water balance model to estimate the green, blue and grey water footprint of global crop production in a spatially-explicit way for the period 1996-2005.
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The water footprint of humanity
TL;DR: The study illustrates the global dimension of water consumption and pollution by showing that several countries heavily rely on foreign water resources and that many countries have significant impacts on water consumptionand pollution elsewhere.
The water footprint of humanity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantified and mapped the water footprint (WF) of humanity at a high spatial resolution and reported on consumptive use of rainwater (green WF), ground and surface water (blue WF) and volumes of water polluted (gray WF).