Schulz, Stephan ; Darehshouri, Sahand ; Hassanzadeh, Elmira ; Tajrishy, Massoud ; Schüth, Christoph (2020)
Climate change or irrigated agriculture – what drives the water level decline of Lake Urmia.
In: Scientific Reports, 2020, 10 (1)
doi: 10.25534/tuprints-00011396
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Lake Urmia is one of the largest hypersaline lakes on earth with a unique biodiversity. Over the past two decades the lake water level declined dramatically, threatening the functionality of the lake’s ecosystems. There is a controversial debate about the reasons for this decline, with either mismanagement of the water resources, or climatic changes assumed to be the main cause. In this study we quantified the water budget components of Lake Urmia and analyzed their temporal evolution and interplay over the last five decades. With this we can show that variations of Lake Urmia’s water level during the analyzed period were mainly triggered by climatic changes. However, under the current climatic conditions agricultural water extraction volumes are significant compared to the remaining surface water inflow volumes. Changes in agricultural water withdrawal would have a significant impact on the lake volume and could either stabilize the lake, or lead to its complete collapse.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2020 |
| Autor(en): | Schulz, Stephan ; Darehshouri, Sahand ; Hassanzadeh, Elmira ; Tajrishy, Massoud ; Schüth, Christoph |
| Art des Eintrags: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | Climate change or irrigated agriculture – what drives the water level decline of Lake Urmia |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2020 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2020 |
| Verlag: | Springer Nature |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Scientific Reports |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 10 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 1 |
| DOI: | 10.25534/tuprints-00011396 |
| URL / URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-113967 |
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| Herkunft: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Lake Urmia is one of the largest hypersaline lakes on earth with a unique biodiversity. Over the past two decades the lake water level declined dramatically, threatening the functionality of the lake’s ecosystems. There is a controversial debate about the reasons for this decline, with either mismanagement of the water resources, or climatic changes assumed to be the main cause. In this study we quantified the water budget components of Lake Urmia and analyzed their temporal evolution and interplay over the last five decades. With this we can show that variations of Lake Urmia’s water level during the analyzed period were mainly triggered by climatic changes. However, under the current climatic conditions agricultural water extraction volumes are significant compared to the remaining surface water inflow volumes. Changes in agricultural water withdrawal would have a significant impact on the lake volume and could either stabilize the lake, or lead to its complete collapse. |
| Status: | Verlagsversion |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-113967 |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften > Fachgebiet Hydrogeologie |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 26 Jan 2020 20:56 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 11 Jan 2024 10:06 |
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