Water Stress Leads to Tough Choices (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

Water Stress Leads to Tough Choices

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During a prolonged drought, annual crop fields can be left fallow without causing lasting economic damage, but almond groves, such as these in California's Central Valley, require consistent irrigation to stay alive. UCI researchers paid special attention to such flexible and inflexible water uses in a new study published in Nature Sustainability.

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