About the Authors

Junguo Liu

junguo.liu@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, Ecosystems Services & Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

Christian Folberth

Affiliation SIAM, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland

Hong Yang

Affiliation SIAM, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland

Johan Röckström

Affiliation Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Karim Abbaspour

Affiliation SIAM, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland

Alexander J. B. Zehnder

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, Alberta Water Research Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL HY. Performed the experiments: JL CF. Analyzed the data: JL CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL CF. Wrote the paper: JL CF HY JR KA AJBZ.