Previously regarded as the passive drains of watersheds, over the past 50 years, rivers have
progressively been recognized as being actively connected with off‐channel environments …

Depletion of groundwater is accelerated due to an increase in water demand for
applications in urbanized areas, agriculture sectors, and energy extraction, and dwindling …

Most rivers exchange water with surrounding aquifers,. Where groundwater levels lie below
nearby streams, streamwater can infiltrate through the streambed, reducing streamflow and …

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to
sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that …

The Public Policy Institute of California is dedicated to informing and improving public policy
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Over the next century, climate change will dramatically alter natural resource management.
Specifically, historical reference conditions may no longer serve as benchmarks for …

Low river flows are commonly controlled by river‐aquifer exchange, the magnitude of which
is governed by hydraulic properties of both aquifer and aquitard materials beneath the river …

Many rivers are classified as groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs), owing to the
contribution of groundwater to their base flow. However, there has been little explicit …

Freshwater species worldwide are experiencing dramatic declines partly attributable to
ongoing climate change. It is expected that the future effects of climate change could be …

Heat is recognized as a natural tracer to identify the exchange of water between the
groundwater and surface water compartment. One‐dimensional (1D) heat transport models …