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  - Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both
    natural and anthropogenic water demands1,2. They are highly sensitive and prone
    to climate change3,4, yet their importance and vulnerability have not been quantified
    at the global scale. Here we present a global water tower index (WTI), which ranks
    all water towers in terms of their water-supplying role and the downstream dependence
    of ecosystems and society. For each water tower, we assess its vulnerability related
    to water stress, governance, hydropolitical tension and future climatic and socio-economic
    changes. We conclude that the most important (highest WTI) water towers are also
    among the most vulnerable, and that climatic and socio-economic changes will affect
    them profoundly. This could negatively impact 1.9 billion people living in (0.3
    billion) or directly downstream of (1.6 billion) mountainous areas. Immediate
    action is required to safeguard the future of the world’s most important and vulnerable
    water towers.@eng
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  bibo_doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y
  bibo_issue: '7790'
  bibo_volume: 577
  dct_date: 2020^xs_gYear
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  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Springer Nature@
  dct_title: Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers@
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