Current and future global water scarcity intensifies when accounting for surface water quality

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02007-0

Polluted water contributes to water scarcity. Here the authors project water demands, availability and quality under climate and socio-economic changes and show that 56–66% of the global population will be exposed to clean water scarcity at the end of the century.
Nature Climate Change