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Agricultural water demand is taxing regional water supplies

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Irrigation has helped facilitate large gains in crop yields but comes at an increasing cost to water resources, complicating climate change adaptation.

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McDermid, S.S. Agricultural water demand is taxing regional water supplies. Nat Water 2, 225–227 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00215-8

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