Ground water and climate change
As the world's largest distributed store of fresh water, ground water plays a central part in
sustaining ecosystems and enabling human adaptation to climate variability and change …
sustaining ecosystems and enabling human adaptation to climate variability and change …
[HTML][HTML] The world's road to water scarcity: shortage and stress in the 20th century and pathways towards sustainability
Water scarcity is a rapidly growing concern around the globe, but little is known about how it
has developed over time. This study provides a first assessment of continuous sub-national …
has developed over time. This study provides a first assessment of continuous sub-national …
Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …
A review of global terrestrial evapotranspiration: Observation, modeling, climatology, and climatic variability
This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, satellite algorithms, and land
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …
Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user
Precipitation downscaling improves the coarse resolution and poor representation of
precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the likely hydrological …
precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the likely hydrological …
Beneath the surface of global change: Impacts of climate change on groundwater
Global change encompasses changes in the characteristics of inter-related climate variables
in space and time, and derived changes in terrestrial processes, including human activities …
in space and time, and derived changes in terrestrial processes, including human activities …
Superabsorbent polymer hydrogels for sustainable agriculture: A review
Water management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues facing all countries
in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase …
in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase …
Toward a complete Himalayan hydrological budget: Spatiotemporal distribution of snowmelt and rainfall and their impact on river discharge
The hydrological budget of Himalayan rivers is dominated by monsoonal rainfall and
snowmelt, but their relative impact is not well established because this remote region lacks a …
snowmelt, but their relative impact is not well established because this remote region lacks a …
A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality
It is now accepted that some human-induced climate change is unavoidable. Potential
impacts on water supply have received much attention, but relatively little is known about the …
impacts on water supply have received much attention, but relatively little is known about the …
State of the world's freshwater ecosystems: physical, chemical, and biological changes
SR Carpenter, EH Stanley… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Surface freshwaters—lakes, reservoirs, and rivers—are among the most extensively altered
ecosystems on Earth. Transformations include changes in the morphology of rivers and …
ecosystems on Earth. Transformations include changes in the morphology of rivers and …