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Malin Falkenmark

Malin Falkenmark

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Environmental Sciences

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49057
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Overview

Malin Falkenmark is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses significantly on water-related topics, including Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Transboundary Water Resource Management, and Water Resources Management and Optimization.

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers published in a range of academic journals. Key publications include:

  • "Illuminating water cycle modifications and Earth system resilience in the Anthropocene," 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision," 2020, One Earth
  • "Water resilience and human life support - global outlook for the next half century," 2020, International Journal of Water Resources Development
  • "A water-function-based framework for understanding and governing water resilience in the Anthropocene," 2021, One Earth
  • "African rainforest moisture contribution to continental agricultural water consumption," 2024, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Frequent coauthors in Malin Falkenmark's research include Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Dieter Gerten, Ingo Fetzer, Line Gordon, and Johan Rockström. These collaborations have occurred across multiple papers, reflecting an ongoing effort to explore issues around water resilience and sustainability.

The scientist's research is regularly published in journals such as One Earth, Water Resources Research, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and AMBIO. These venues highlight a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding water systems and their broader environmental impacts.

Main fields and subfields of study connected to the scientist's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Core topics addressed in their research are:

  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Climate variability and models
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Best Publications

  • A safe operating space for humanity

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Kevin Noone;Åsa Persson;Åsa Persson

  • Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Kevin Noone;Åsa Persson;Åsa Persson

  • Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?

    P. C. D. Milly;Julio Betancourt;Malin Falkenmark;Robert M. Hirsch

  • RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN A WORLD OF TRANSFORMATIONS

    Carl Folke;Steve Carpenter;Thomas Elmqvist;Lance Gunderson

  • Water for Food Water for Life : A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

    David J. Molden

  • The New Blue and Green Water Paradigm: Breaking New Ground for Water Resources Planning and Management

    M. Falkenmark;J. Rockström

  • Macro-scale water scarcity requires micro-scale approaches: aspects of vulnerability in semi-arid development

    Malin Falkenmark;Jan Lundqvist;Carl Widstrand

  • Future water availability for global food production: The potential of green water for increasing resilience to global change

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Malin Falkenmark;Louise Karlberg;Louise Karlberg;Holger Hoff;Holger Hoff

  • Assessing the water challenge of a new green revolution in developing countries.

    Johan Rockström;Mats Lannerstad;Malin Falkenmark

  • Managing water in agriculture for food production and other ecosystem services

    Line J. Gordon;C. Max Finlayson;Malin Falkenmark

  • Human modification of global water vapor flows from the land surface

    Line J. Gordon;Will Steffen;Bror F. Jönsson;Carl Folke

  • Growing water scarcity in agriculture: future challenge to global water security

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  • Meeting water requirements of an expanding world population

    Malin Falkenmark

  • Wake Up to Realities of River Basin Closure

    Malin Falkenmark;David Molden

  • Semiarid Crop Production from a Hydrological Perspective: Gap between Potential and Actual Yields

    Johan Rockström;Malin Falkenmark

  • On Critiques of “Stationarity is Dead: Whither Water Management?”

    Paul C.D. Milly;Julio L. Betancourt;Malin Falkenmark;Robert M. Hirsch

  • The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability

    Johan Rockström;Malin Falkenmark;T. Allan;Carl Folke

  • Greening the global water system

    Holger Hoff;Holger Hoff;Malin Falkenmark;D. Gerten;Line Gordon

  • Freshwater as shared between society and ecosystems: from divided approaches to integrated challenges

    Malin Falkenmark

  • Linkages Among Water Vapor Flows, Food Production, and Terrestrial Ecosystem Services

    Johan Rockström;Line Gordon;Carl Folke;Malin Falkenmark

  • Global potential to increase crop production through water management in rainfed agriculture

    Stefanie Rost;Dieter Gerten;Holger Hoff;Holger Hoff;Wolfgang Lucht

  • Agriculture: Increase water harvesting in Africa

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Malin Falkenmark

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Line Gordon
Line Gordon Stockholm Resilience Centre
Jennie Barron
Jennie Barron Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Claudia Pahl-Wostl Osnabrück University
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London
Will Steffen
Will Steffen Australian National University
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Brian Walker
Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona

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