Despite having a more advanced water management system than most Middle Eastern
countries, similar to the other countries in the region, Iran is experiencing a serious water …

Public concern over environmental issues such as ecosystem degradation is high. However,
restoring coupled human-natural systems requires integration across many science …

Water scarcity exacerbated by growing demand in different sectors has created
environmental, social, and economic challenges in the Urmia Lake Basin, Iran. Tackling this …

Urmia Lake, once the second largest saline lake in the world, is on the verge of complete
desiccation. It has been suggested that the desiccation is caused by intensified human …

During the last 20 years, Lake Urmia, once recognised as one of the largest hypersaline
lakes on the planet, has suffered from severe environmental degradation. As a result of …

Lake Urmia in northwestern corner of Iran was once the second largest hypersaline lake of
the world, covering on average an area of 5200 km2. However, the lake has been shrinking …

Losing eight meters of water level over a 20-year period from 1996 to 2016 marked the Lake
Urmia (LU) as one of the regional environmental crises. This condition has threatened biota …

Abstract The Aculeo Lake is an important natural reservoir of Central Chile, which provides
valuable ecosystem services. This lake has suffered a rapid shrinkage of the water levels …

Land use change is one of the most significant environmental issues in many countries and
is the main reason for ecosystem changes. This issue is one of the most important …

Abstract Lake Urmia, in northwest Iran, is the second most saline lake in the world. During
the past two decades, the level of water has markedly decreased. In this paper, climate of …