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1. Lai, C.-C., Shih, T.-P., Ko, W.-C., Tang, H.-J. & Hsueh, P.-R. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): the epidemic and the challenges. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents55, 105924 (2020). CAS  Google Scholar  2. Zu, Z. Y. et al. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): a perspective from China. Radiology. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200490 (2020). Article  […] More

1. Seneviratne, S. I. et al. in Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (eds Field, C. B. et al.) 109–230 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012). 2. Collins, M. et al. in Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (eds Stocker, T. F. et al.) 1029–1136 (IPCC, Cambridge Univ. Press, […] More

1. Werner, A. D. et al. Seawater intrusion processes, investigation and management: recent advances and future challenges. Adv. Water Resour. 51, 3–26 (2013). ADS  Article  Google Scholar  2. Michael, H. A., Post, V. E., Wilson, A. M. & Werner, A. D. Science, society, and the coastal groundwater squeeze. Water Resour. Res. 53, 2610–2617 (2017). ADS  […] More

Global classification of precipitation regimes In this study, we first classify the global land regions into distinct hydroclimatic regimes based on annual means and seasonal variations using observed monthly gridded precipitation data from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) (See “Methods”)30. For quantifying seasonality, we used apportionment entropy (AE), which provides a descriptive non-parametric measure […] More

1. Ward, D. The Biology of Deserts (Oxford Univ. Press, 2016). 2. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa Document A/AC. 241/27, 12. 09. 1994 with Annexe (United Nations, 1994). 3. Cherlet, M. et al. World Atlas of Desertification (Publication Office of the European Union, 2018). […] More

The Central Bureau of Statistics of DPRK with support from UNICEF integrated water quality testing (and other service indicators) for the first time allowing for the assessment of safely managed drinking water services. Currently, based on the latest census figures (population 24,052,231) and 2017 DPRK MICS results, it is estimated that around 19 million people […] More

1. United Nations. 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects/Multimedia Library – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2018). https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html. Accessed on 16 Jul 2018 2. César Calderón, L. S. Infrastructure and economic development in sub-saharan Africa. J. Afr. Econ. 19, i13–i87 (2010). Article  Google Scholar  3. WHO. Progress on Sanitation and drinking water […] More