Did water-saving irrigation protect water resources over the past 40 years? A global analysis based on water accounting framework

Variation of gross primary production, evapotranspiration and water use efficiency for global croplands

(2020) Zhipin Ai et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

An overview of the use of plastic film mulching in China to increase crop yield and water use efficiency

(2020) Dongbao Sun et al.   National Science Review

A global dataset of surface water and groundwater salinity measurements from 1980–2019

(2020) Josefin Thorslund et al.   Scientific Data

Recent Global Cropland Water Consumption Constrained by Observations

(2019) Yongzhe Chen et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

The Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison phase 1 simulation dataset

(2019) Christoph Müller et al.   Scientific Data

Global impacts of future cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity

(2019) Florian Zabel et al.   Nature Communications

Impacts of irrigation efficiency improvement on water use, water consumption and response to water price at field level

(2018) Julio Berbel et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Soil texture effects on surface resistance to bare soil evaporation

(2018) P. Lehmann et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The paradox of irrigation efficiency

(2018) R. Q. Grafton et al.   SCIENCE

Modeling soil evaporation and the response of the crop coefficient to leaf area index in mature Populus tomentosa plantations growing under different soil water availabilities

(2018) Nan Di et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Global variation of transpiration and soil evaporation and the role of their major climate drivers

(2017) Yongqiang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

The world’s road to water scarcity: shortage and stress in the 20th century and pathways towards sustainability

(2016) M. Kummu et al.   Scientific Reports

Can improved agricultural water use efficiency save India’s groundwater?

(2015) Ram Fishman et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Soil mulching significantly enhances yields and water and nitrogen use efficiencies of maize and wheat: a meta-analysis

(2015) Wei Qin et al.   Scientific Reports

Global patterns, trends, and drivers of water use efficiency from 2000 to 2013

(2015) Bao-Lin Xue et al.   Ecosphere

Improving water-efficient irrigation: Prospects and difficulties of innovative practices

(2014) Les Levidow et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Global-scale assessment of groundwater depletion and related groundwater abstractions: Combining hydrological modeling with information from well observations and GRACE satellites

(2014) Petra Döll et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Global water resources affected by human interventions and climate change

(2013) Ingjerd Haddeland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evaluation of groundwater depletion in North China using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data and ground-based measurements

(2013) Wei Feng et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Impact of water withdrawals from groundwater and surface water on continental water storage variations

(2011) P. Döll et al.   JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS

Incorporating Anthropogenic Water Regulation Modules into a Land Surface Model

(2011) Yadu Pokhrel et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY

Water-use efficiency and productivity: rethinking the basin approach

(2011) Peter H. Gleick et al.   WATER INTERNATIONAL

Using long-term water balances to parameterize surface conductances and calculate evaporation at 0.05° spatial resolution

(2010) Yongqiang Zhang et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

A continuous satellite-derived global record of land surface evapotranspiration from 1983 to 2006

(2010) Ke Zhang et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Increasing productivity in irrigated agriculture: Agronomic constraints and hydrological realities

(2009) Chris Perry et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Satellite based analysis of northern ET trends and associated changes in the regional water balance from 1983 to 2005

(2009) Ke Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

An estimation of global virtual water flow and sources of water withdrawal for major crops and livestock products using a global hydrological model

(2009) Naota Hanasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Spatially explicit assessment of global consumptive water uses in cropland: Green and blue water

(2009) Junguo Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Quantifying blue and green virtual water contents in global crop production as well as potential production losses without irrigation

(2009) Stefan Siebert et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Water conservation in irrigation can increase water use

(2008) F. A. Ward et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A simple surface conductance model to estimate regional evaporation using MODIS leaf area index and the Penman-Monteith equation

(2008) Ray Leuning et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH