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Drought and Groundwater Development
Summary
This paper is not about microplastics; it is a review or study of groundwater resources and their relationship to drought.
Groundwater is an important freshwater source that satisfies the needs of a significant portion of the world’s population, industries, and ecosystems [...]
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