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The practicality of modifying climate in arid regions through irrigation has up to now been constrained by the availability of fresh water with which to grow crops. The present results suggest a new paradigm: the use of salt water to grow halophyte crops and modify local climate along coastal deserts and other arid regions where saline water supplies are available.
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Pielke, R.A., Lee, T.J., Glenn, E.P. et al. Influence of halophyte plantings in arid regions on local atmospheric structure. Int J Biometeorol 37, 96–100 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01214388
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