Here you will find an overview of highlighted publications of the Water Quality and Sustainable Water Systems’ group.

2026

• Jones, E.R., F. Kratze, M.T.H. van Vliet (2026) Caravan-Qual: A global scale integration of water quality observations into a large-sample hydrology dataset, EarthArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31223/X54J39
• Chevuru, S., L.P.H. van Beek, M.T.H. van Vliet, M.F.P. Bierkens (2026) Global Gridded Climate-Responsive Crop Selection: Sowing Dates and Crop Varieties in a Warming World, Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07164-9
• Hofstra, N., M. Flörke, E. Jones, I. Ouedraogo, J. Podgorski, E. Politi, K. Schweden, S. Simis, K. Stelzer, M. Strokal, M.T.H van Vliet, S. Peeters (2026) Water quality impacts on human health: towards an integrated, solution-oriented global assessment, Environ. Res.: Water 2, 015009, 10.1088/3033-4942/ae4265
• Micella, I. M.P Bak, H.H Dürr, E.R. Jones, R. Kumar, A. Nkwasa, K. Suresh, T. Tang, M.T.H van Vliet, M. Wang, M. Strokal (2026) Uneven distribution of multi-pollutant hotspots worldwide: river exports to seas and their global change drivers in the future Environ. Res.: Water 2 025002, 10.1088/3033-4942/ae4ad1

2025

• Graham, D.J., M.F.P. Bierkens, E.R. Jones, E.H. Sutanudjaja, M.T.H. van Vliet (2025) Climate change drives low dissolved oxygen and increased hypoxia rates in rivers worldwide, Nature Climate Change, 15, 1348–1354, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02483-y
• Chevuru, S., L.P.H. van Beek, M.T.H. van Vliet, J.P.M. Aerts, M.F.P.  Bierkens, (2025). Relevance of feedbacks between water availability and crop systems using a coupled hydrological–crop growth model, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 29(17), 4219–4239. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-4219-2025
• Bak, M.P., I. Micella, E.R. Jones, R. Kumar, A. Nkwasa, T. Tang, M.T.H. van Vliet, M., Wang, M. Strokal (2025) Future river exports of nutrients, plastics, and chemicals worldwide under climate-driven hydrological changes. Environmental Research Letters 20(9), 094033. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adf860
• Strokal, M., R. Kumar, M.P. Bak, E.R. Jones, A.H.W. Beusen, M. Flörke, B. Grizzetti, A.Nkwasa, K. Schweden, A. Ural-Janssen, A. van Griensven, O. Vigiak, M.T.H. van Vliet, M. Wang, I. de Graaf, H.H.  Dürr , S.N. Gosling, N. Hofstra, M.T. Nakkazi, I. Micella (2025). Advancing water quality model intercomparisons under global change: perspectives from the new ISIMIP water quality sector, Environmental Research: Water 1(3), 035002. https://doi.org/10.1088/3033-4942/adf571
• Fabre, C., S. Sauvage, M.T.H. van Vliet, A.V. Pastor,  J.-M. Sanchez-Perez (2025) An empirical assessment of dissolved organic carbon fluxes to oceans under climate change, Global and Planetary Change 253, 104971, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104971
• Liu W., Z. Fu, M.T.H. van Vliet, K.F. Davis, P. Ciais, Y. Bao, Y. Bai, T. Du, S. Kang, Z. Yin, Y. Fang, Y. Wada (2025) Global overlooked multidimensional water scarcity, PNAS, 122 (26) e2413541122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2413541122. 
• Jones, E.R., R. van Beek, G. Cárdenas Belleza, P. Burek, S.J. Dugdale, M. Flörke, D. Fridman, S.N Gosling, R. Kumar, D.Mercado-Bettin, H. Müller Schmied, Z. Tan, W. Thiery, A.B. Tilahun, N. Wanders, M.T.H. van Vliet (2025) A multi-model assessment of global freshwater temperature and thermoelectric power supply under climate change, Environmental Research: Water, 1, 2, 025002, https://10.1088/3033-4942/addffa
• Shah, J. J. Hu, O.Y. Edelenbosch, M.T.H. van Vliet (2025) Global dataset combining open-source hydropower plant and reservoir data. Scientific Data 12, 646, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04975-0
• Otoo, N.G., E.H. Sutanudjaja, M.T.H. van Vliet, A. M. Schipper, M.F.P. Bierkens (2025) Mapping groundwater-dependent ecosystems using a high-resolution global groundwater model, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 2153–2165, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2153-2025
• Magni, M., E.R. Jones, M.F.P. Bierkens, M.T.H. van Vliet (2025) Global energy consumption of water treatment technologies, Water Research 277,  123245,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123245
• Chevuru, S., G.Lamsal, L.P.H. van Beek, M.T.H. van Vliet, L.  Marston, M.F.P. Bierkens, (2025) Comparing crop growth models across the contiguous USA with a focus on dry and warm spells Agricultural Water Management 311, 109403, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109403

2023

• van Vliet, M.T.H. (2023) Complex interplay of water quality and water use affects water scarcity under droughts and heatwaves, Nature Water 1, 902–904, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00158-6 (open access version) (INVITED)
• Cárdenas Belleza, G.A., M.F.P Bierkens, M.T.H. van Vliet (2023) Sectoral water use responses to droughts and heatwaves: analyses from local to global scales for 1990–2019, Environ. Res. Lett. 18 104008, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf82e
• van Vliet, M.T.H., J. Thorslund, M. Strokal, N. Hofstra, M. Flörke, H. Ehalt Macedo, A. Nkwasa, T. Tang, S.S. Kaushal, R. Kumar, A. van Griensven, L. Bouwman, L.M. Mosley (2023) Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes, Nature Reviews Earth Environ, 4, 687–702, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00472-3 (open access version)(INVITED)
• Jones, E.R., M.F.P.Bierkens, P.J.T.M.van Puijenbroek, L.P.H. van Beek,  N. Wanders, E.H. Sutanudjaja, M.T.H. van Vliet (2023) Sub-Saharan Africa will increasingly become the dominant hotspot of surface water pollution, Nature Water, 1, 602–613, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00105-5
• Bartholomeus, R.P., K. van der Wiel. A.F. van Loon, M.H.J. van Huijgevoort, M.T.H. van Vliet, M. Mens, S. Muurling-van Geffen, N. Wanders, W. Pot (2023), Managing water across the flood–drought spectrum: Experiences from and challenges for the Netherlands, Cambridge Prisms: Water, pp. 1 – 22, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/wat.2023.4
• Suresh, K., T. Tang, M.T.H. van Vliet, M F.P. Bierkens, M. Strokal, F. Sorger-Domenigg, Y. Wada (2023) Recent advancement in water quality indicators for eutrophication in global freshwater lakes, Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 063004, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/acd071
• Kreibich et al. (2023) Panta Rhei benchmark dataset: socio-hydrological data of paired events of floods and droughts, Earth System Science Data, 15(5), 2009–2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2009-2023
• Jones, E.R., M.F.P. Bierkens, N. Wanders, E.H. Sutanudjaja, L.P.H. van Beek,  M.T.H. van Vliet (2023), DynQual v1.0: A high-resolution global surface water quality model, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 4481–4500, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4481-2023

2022

• Desbureaux, S., F. Mortier, E. Zaveri, M.T.H van Vliet, J. Russ, A.S. Rodella, R. Damania (2022) Mapping global hotspots and trends of water quality (1992–2010): a data driven approach,  Environ. Res. Lett. 17, 114048, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9cf6
• Jones, E.R., M.F.P. Bierkens, N. Wanders, E.H. Sutanudjaja, L.P.H. van Beek,  M.T.H. van Vliet (2022) Current wastewater treatment targets are insufficient to protect surface water quality. Commun Earth Environ 3, 221. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00554-y
• Kreibich et al. (2022) The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management, Nature, 608(7921): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04917-5
• Thorslund, J., M.FP Bierkens A. Scaini, E.H Sutanudjaja, M.T.H van Vliet (2022) Salinity impacts on irrigation water-scarcity in food bowl regions of the US and Australia, Environ. Res. Lett. 17 (2022) 084002, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7df4
• Blauhut et al. (2022) Lessons from the 2018–2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2201–2217, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2201-2022
• Droppers, B., I. Supit, R. Leemans, M.T.H. van Vliet, F. Ludwig (2022), Limits to management adaptation for the Indus’ irrigated agriculture, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 321, 108971, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108971
• Chen, X., M. Strokal, M.T.H. van Vliet, X. Fu, M. Wang, L. Ma, and C. Kroeze (2022), In-stream surface water quality in China: A spatially-explicit modelling approach for nutrients,Journal of Cleaner Production, 334, 130208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130208.

2021

• Lechuga-Crespo, J. L., S. Sauvage, E. Ruiz-Romera, M.T.H. van Vliet, J.-L. Probst, C. Fabre, and J.M. Sánchez-Pérez (2021), Global carbon sequestration through continental chemical weathering in a climatic change context, Scientific Reports, 11(1), 23588, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02891-y
• Thorslund, J., M.F.P. Bierkens, G.H.P. Oude Essink, E.H. Sutanudjaja, M.T.H. van Vliet (2021), Common irrigation drivers of freshwater salinisation in river basins worldwide, Nature Communications, 12(1), 4232, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24281-8
• Droppers, B., I. Supit, M.T.H. van Vliet, F. Ludwig (2021) Worldwide water constraints on attainable irrigated production for major crops, Environmental Research Letters, 16(5), 055016, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf52
• Wolff, E., M.T.H. van Vliet (2021) Impact of the 2018 drought on pharmaceutical concentrations and general water quality of the Rhine and Meuse rivers, Science of the Total Environment 778, 146182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146182
• Strokal, M., Z. Bai, W. Franssen, N. Hofstra, A.A. Koelmans, F. Ludwig, L. Ma, P. van Puijenbroek, J.E Spanier, L.C. Vermeulen, M.T.H. van Vliet, J. van Wijnen, C. Kroeze (2021) Urbanization: an increasing source of multiple pollutants to rivers in the 21st century, npj Urban Sustainability 1, 24, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021-00026-w
• van Vliet, M.T.H., E. Jones, E., W.H.P. Franssen, M. Flörke, N. Hanasaki, Y.Wada, J.R. Yearsley, (2021) Global water scarcity including surface water quality and expansions of clean water technologies, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 024020, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbfc3
• Jones. E.R., M.T.H van Vliet, M. Qadir, M.F.P Bierkens (2021) Country-level and gridded estimates of wastewater production, collection, treatment and reuse, Earth System Science Data, 13, 237–254, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-237-2021

2020

• Yalew, S.G., M.T.H. van Vliet, D.E.H. Gernaat, F. Ludwig, A. Miara, C. Park, E. Byers, E. De Cian, F. Piontek, G. Iyer, I. Mouratiadou, J. Glynn, M. Hejazi, O. Dessens, P. Rochedo, R. Pietzcker, R. Schaeffer, S.Fujimori, S. Dasgupta, S. Mima, S.R. Santos da Silva, V. Chaturvedi, R. Vautard, D.P. van Vuuren (2020) Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios, Nature Energy, doi: 10.1038/s41560-020-0664-z
• Thorslund, J., M.T.H van Vliet (2020) A global dataset of surface water and groundwater salinity measurements from 1980–2019, Scientific Data, 7 (1), 231, doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0562-z
• Chen, X., M. Strokal, M.T.H. van Vliet, J. Stuiver, M. Wang, Z. Bai, L. Ma, C. Kroeze (2020) Reply to Comment on “Multi-Scale Modeling of Nutrient Pollution in the Rivers of China”, Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 3, 2046–2047, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07688
• Wang, M., C. Kroez, M. Strokal, M.T.H. van Vliet, L. Ma (2020) Global change can make coastal eutrophication control in China more difficult, Earth’s Future, 8 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001280
• Droppers, B., W.H.P.Franssen, M.T.H. van Vliet, B. Nijssen, F.Ludwig (2020) Simulating human impacts on global water resources using VIC-5, Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5029-5052, doi:10.5194/gmd-13-5029-2020

2019

• Chukallaa, A.D., P. Reidsmab, M.T.H. van Vliet, J. Vasco Silva, M.K. van Ittersum, S. Jomaa, M. Rode, I. Merbach and P.R. van Oel (2019) Balancing indicators for sustainable intensification of crop production at field and river basin levels, Science of The Total Environment, 705, 135925, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135925.
• Chen, X., M. Strokal, M.T.H. van Vliet, J. Stuiver, M. Wang, Z. Bai, L. Ma, C. Kroeze (2019) Multi-scale modelling of nutrient pollution in the rivers of China, Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 16, 9614–9625, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07352
• Johnson, N.,  P.Burek, E. Byers, G. Falchetta, M. Flörke, S. Fujimori, P. Havlik, M.  Hejazi, J. Hunt, V. Krey, S. Langan, N. Nakicenovic, A. Palazzo, A. Popp, K. Riahi, M. van Dijk, M.T.H. van Vliet, D.P. van Vuuren, Y. Wada, D. Wiberg, B. Willaarts, C. Zimm, and S.Parkinson (2019) Integrated solutions for the water-energy-land nexus: are global models rising to the challenge? Water 11, 2223; doi:10.3390/w11112223
• Jamwal, P., R. Brown, R. Kookana, P. Drechsel, R. McDonald, C. J. Vörösmarty, M.T.H. van Vliet, and A. Bhaduri (2019), The Future of Urban Clean Water and Sanitation, One Earth, 1, 1-3, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.08.010
• Schewe, J., F. Zhao, C. Reyer, L. Breuer, M. Coll, D.e Deryng, T.D. Eddy, J. Elliott, L. Francois, A. Friend, D. Gerten, S.N. Gosling, L. Gudmundsson, V. Huber, H. Kim, H.K. Lotze, R. Orth, S. Seneviratne, D. Tittensor, R. Vautard, M.T.H. van Vliet, Y. Wada et al. (2019) State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes, Nature Communications 10, 1005, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08745-6
• Hofstra, N., C. Kroeze, M. Florke and M.T.H. van Vliet (2019) Water quality: A new challenge for global scale model development and application, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 36: A1-A5, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.01.001
• Wanders, N., M.T.H. van Vliet, Y. Wada, M. F. P. Bierkens, and L. P. H. van Beek (2019), High-resolution global water temperature modelling, Water Resources Research 55, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023250
• Jones, E., M. Qadir, M.T.H. van Vliet, V. Smakhtin and S.-m. Kang (2019) The state of desalination and brine production: A global outlook, Science of The Total Environment 657: 1343-1356, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.076
• Vermeulen, L. C., M. van Hengel, C. Kroeze, G. Medema, J. E. Spanier, M.T.H. van Vliet and N. Hofstra (2019) Cryptosporidium concentrations in rivers worldwide, Water Research 149: 202-214, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.069
• Tang, T., M. Strokal, M.T.H. van Vliet, P. Seuntjens, P. Burek, C. Kroeze, S. Langan and Y. Wada (2019) Bridging global, basin and local-scale water quality modeling towards enhancing water quality management worldwide, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 36: 39-48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.10.004
• Strokal, M., J. E. Spanier, C. Kroeze, A. A. Koelmans, M. Flörke, W. Franssen, N. Hofstra, S. Langan, T. Tang, M. T. H. van Vliet, Y. Wada, M. Wang, J. van Wijnen and R. Williams (2019) Global multi-pollutant modelling of water quality: scientific challenges and future directions, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 36: 116-125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.11.004
• Flörke, M., I. Bärlund, M. T. H. van Vliet, A. F. Bouwman and Y. Wada (2019), Analysing trade-offs between SDGs related to water quality using salinity as a marker, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 36: 96-104, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.10.005
• van Vliet, M. T. H., M. Flörke, J. A. Harrison, N. Hofstra, V. Keller, F. Ludwig, J. E. Spanier, M. Strokal, Y. Wada, Y. Wen and R. J. Williams (2019) Model inter-comparison design for large-scale water quality models, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 36: 59-67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.10.013
• Hoang, L. P., M. T. H. van Vliet, M. Kummu, H. Lauri, J. Koponen, I. Supit, R. Leemans, P. Kabat and F. Ludwig (2019) The Mekong’s future flows under multiple drivers: How climate change, hydropower developments and irrigation expansions drive hydrological changes, Science of The Total Environment 649: 601-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.160

2018

• Jones, E. and M. T. H. van Vliet (2018) Drought impacts on river salinity in the southern US: Implications for water scarcity, Science of The Total Environment 644: 844-853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.373
• Hoang, L. P., R. Biesbroek, V. P. D. Tri, M. Kummu, M. T. H. van Vliet, R. Leemans, P. Kabat and F. Ludwig (2018) Managing flood risks in the Mekong Delta: How to address emerging challenges under climate change and socioeconomic developments, Ambio 47(6): 635-649, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-1009-4
• Tobin, I., W. Greuell, S. Jerez, F. Ludwig, R. Vautard, M. T. H. van Vliet and F. M. Bréon (2018) Vulnerabilities and resilience of European power generation to 1.5°C, 2°C and 3°C warming, Environmental Research Letters 13(4): 044024, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab211
• Jacob, D., L. Kotova, C. Teichmann, S. P. Sobolowski, R. Vautard, C. Donnelly, A. G. Koutroulis, M. G. Grillakis, I. K. Tsanis, A. Damm, A. Sakalli and M. T. H. van Vliet (2018) Climate Impacts in Europe Under +1.5°C Global Warming, Earth’s Future 6(2): 264-285. 10.1002/2017EF000710
• Liu, J., G. Mao, A. Y. Hoekstra, H. Wang, J. Wang, C. Zheng, M.T.H. van Vliet, M. Wu, B. Ruddell and J. Yan (2018) Managing the energy-water-food nexus for sustainable development, Applied Energy 210: 377-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.10.064

2017

• van Vliet, M.T.H., Flörke, M., Wada, Y. (2017) Quality matters for water scarcity, Nature Geoscience, 10, 800-802, doi:10.1038/ngeo3047
• Behrens, P., M.T.H. van Vliet, T. Nanninga, B. Walsh, J.F.D. Rodrigues (2017) Climate change and the vulnerability of electricity generation to water stress in the European Union,  Nature Energy 2, 17114. doi:10.1038/nenergy.2017.114
• Yearsley, J. R., M.T.H. van Vliet, D. P. Lettenmaier, F. Ludwig, and S. Vögele (2017), Comments on Effects of Environmental Temperature Change on the Efficiency of Coal- and Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants, Environmental Science & Technology 51 (9), 5343-5344, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00561
• Zhang, X., J. Liu, Y. Tang, X. Zhao, H. Yang, P. W. Gerbens-Leenes, M.T.H. van Vliet, J. Yan (2017), China’s coal-fired power plants impose pressure on water resources, Journal of Cleaner Production 161, 1171-1179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.040
• Bogmans, C.W.J., G.P.J. Dijkema, M.T.H. van Vliet (2017), Adaptation of Thermal Power Plants: the (Ir)relevance of Climate (Change) Information, Energy Economics 62, 1-18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2016.11.012
• Frieler, K., R. Betts, E. Burke, P. Ciais, S. Denvil, D. Deryng, K. Ebi, T. Eddy, K. Emanuel, J. Elliott, E. Galbraith, S. N. Gosling, K. Halladay, F. Hattermann, T. Hickler, J. Hinkel, V. Huber, C. Jones, V. Krysanova, S. Lange, H. K. Lotze, H. Lotze-Campen, M. Mengel, I. Mouratiadou, H. Müller Schmied, S. Ostberg, F. Piontek, A. Popp, C. P. O. Reyer, J. Schewe, M. Stevanovic, T. Suzuki, K. Thonicke, H. Tian, D. P. Tittensor, R. Vautard, M.T.H. van Vliet, L. Warszawski, and F. Zhao (2017), Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming – simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b), Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 4321–4345, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4321-2017

2016

• Kroeze, C., S. Gabbert, N. Hofstra, A. A. Koelmans, A. Li, A. Löhr, F. Ludwig, M. Strokal, C. Verburg, L. Vermeulen, M.T.H. van Vliet, W. de Vries, M. Wang, and J. van Wijnen (2016), Global modelling of surface water quality: a multi-pollutant approach, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 23, 35-45, DOI 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.009
• van Vliet, M.T.H., J. Sheffield, D. Wiberg, E.F. Wood (2016) Impacts of recent drought and warm years on water resources and electricity supply worldwide, Environmental Research Letters, 11(12): 124021, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124021
• Raptis, C.E., M.T.H. van Vliet, S. Pfister (2016), Global thermal pollution of rivers from thermoelectric power plants, Environmental Research Letters, 11, 104011, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/10/104011
• Parkinson, S.C., N. Johnson, N.D. Rao, B. Jones, M.T.H. van Vliet, O. Fricko, K. Riahi, M. Flörke, N. Djilali (2016), Climate and human development impacts on municipal water demand: A spatially-explicit global modeling framework, Environmental Modelling & Software 85, 266-278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.08.002
• van Vliet, M.T.H., L.P.H. van Beek, M. Flörke, Y. Wada, S. Eisner, M.F.P. Bierkens (2016) Multi-model assessment of global hydropower and cooling water discharge potential under climate change, Global Environmental Change 40, 156-170, doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.07.007
• Hoang, L.P., H. Lauri, M. Kummu, J. Koponen, M.T.H. van Vliet, I. Supit, R. Leemans, P. Kabat, F. Ludwig (2016) Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 20, 3027-3041, doi:10.5194/hess-20-3027-2016   
• Shadkam, S.,  F. Ludwig, M.T.H. van Vliet, A. Pastor, P. Kabat (2016) Preserving the World Second Largest Hypersaline Lake under Future Irrigation and Climate Change, Science of the Total Environment 559, 317-325, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.190
• Fricko, O., S.C. Parkinson, N. Johnson, M. Strubegger, M.T.H. van Vliet, K. Riahi (2016), Energy sector water use implications of a 2°C climate policy, Environmental Research Letters11, 034011, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034011
• van Vliet, M.T.H., D. Wiberg, S. Leduc, K. Riahi (2016), Power-generation system vulnerability and adaptation to changes in climate and water resources, Nature Climate Change 6, 375-380, doi:10.1038/nclimate2903
• Wada, Y., M. Flörke , N. Hanasaki, S. Eisner, G. Fischer, S. Tramberend, Y. Satoh, M.T.H. van Vliet, P. Yillia, C. Ringler, P. Burek, D. Wiberg (2016) Modeling global water use for the 21st century: the Water Futures and Solutions (WfaS) initiative and its approaches, Geosci. Model Dev. 9, 175-222, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-175-2016
• van Slobbe, E., S. Werners, M. Riquelme-Solar, T. Bölscher, M.T.H. van Vliet (2016) The future of the Rhine: stranded ships and no more salmon? Regional Environ Change, 1-11, 10.1007/s10113-014-0683-z

2015

• van Vliet, M.T.H., C. Donnelly, L. Strömbäck, R. Capell, F. Ludwig (2015) European scale climate information services for water use sectors, Journal of Hydrology 528, 503-513, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.060
• Clark, E.A., J. Sheffield,  M.T.H. van Vliet, B. Nijssen, D.P. Lettenmaier (2015) Continental Runoff into the Oceans (1950-2008), Journal of Hydrometeorology 16, 1502-1520, 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0183.1

2013

• van Vliet, M.T.H., S. Vögele, and D. Rübbelke (2013) Water constraints on European power supply under climate change: impacts on electricity prices, Environmental Research Letters, 8, 035010, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035010
• van Vliet, M.T.H., F. Ludwig and P. Kabat (2013), Global Streamflow and Thermal Habitats of Freshwater Fishes under Climate Change, Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0976-0
• van Vliet, M.T.H., W.H.P. Franssen, J.R. Yearsley, F. Ludwig, I. Haddeland, D.P. Lettenmaier, and P. Kabat (2013) Global river discharge and water temperature under climate change, Global Environmental Change, 23, 450-464, doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.11.002
• Bölcher, T., E. van Slobbe, M.T.H. van Vliet, S. Werners (2013) Adaptive turning points in river restoration? The Rhine salmon case, Sustainability, 5, 2288-2304,  doi:10.3390/su5062288
• Siderius, C., H. Biemans, A. Wiltshire, S. Rao, W.H.P. Franssen, P. Kumar, A. K. Gosain, M.T.H. van Vliet, D. Collins (2013), Snowmelt contributions to discharge of the Ganges, Science of the Total Environment, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.084

2012

• van Vliet, M.T.H., J.R. Yearsley, W.H.P. Franssen, F. Ludwig, I. Haddeland, D.P. Lettenmaier, and P. Kabat (2012) Coupled daily streamflow and water temperature modelling in large river basins, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 4303-4321, doi:10.5194/hess-16-4303-2012
• van Vliet, M.T.H., J.R. Yearsley, F. Ludwig, S. Vögele, D. P. Lettenmaier, and P. Kabat (2012) Vulnerability of U.S. and European electricity supply to climate change, Nature Climate Change, 2(9), 676-681, doi:10.1038/nclimate1546
• van Beek, L.P.H., T. Eikelboom, M.T.H. van Vliet, and M.F.P. Bierkens (2012) A physically based model of global freshwater surface temperature, Water Resources Research, 48, W09530, doi:10.1029/2012WR011819
• Visser, A., J. Kroes, M.T.H. van Vliet, S. Blenkinsop, H.J. Fowler, and H.P. Broers (2012) Climate change impacts on the leaching of a heavy metal contamination in a small lowland catchment, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 127(1-4), 47-64, doi:10.1016 /j.jconhyd.2011.04.007
• van Vliet, M.T.H., S. Blenkinsop, A. Burton, C. Harpham, H.P. Broers, and H.J. Fowler (2012) A multi-model ensemble of downscaled spatial climate change scenarios for the Dommel catchment, western Europe, Climatic Change, 111(2), 249-277, doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0131-8

2011

• van Vliet, M.T.H., F. Ludwig, J.J.G. Zwolsman, G.P. Weedon, and P. Kabat (2011) Global river temperatures and sensitivity to atmospheric warming and changes in river flow, Water Resources Research, 47, W02544, doi:10.1029/2010WR009198

2010

• Brolsma, R.J., M.T.H. van Vliet, and M.F.P. Bierkens (2010) Climate change impact on a groundwater-influenced hillslope ecosystem, Water Resources Research, 46, W11503, doi:10.1029/2009WR008782

2008

• van Vliet, M.T.H. and J.J.G. Zwolsman (2008) Impact of summer droughts on the water quality of the Meuse River, Journal of Hydrology, 353(1-2), 1-17, doi:10.1016/ j.jhydrol.2008.01.001