The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle

X Kuang, J Liu, BR Scanlon, JJ Jiao, S Jasechko… - Science, 2024 - science.org
In recent decades, climate change and other anthropogenic activities have substantially
affected groundwater systems worldwide. These impacts include changes in groundwater …

Plant-groundwater interactions in drylands: A review of current research and future perspectives

T Wang, Z Wu, P Wang, T Wu, Y Zhang, J Yin… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global dryland areas are expanding due to climate change, and this expansion is
accompanied by an increased frequency and intensity of drought occurrences. The degree …

Majority of global river flow sustained by groundwater

J **e, X Liu, S Jasechko, WR Berghuijs, K Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Groundwater-sustained baseflow is a vital source of river flow, especially during dry
seasons. The proportion of river flow sustained by baseflow—the baseflow index—is …

New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea

BD Richter, G Lamsal, L Marston, S Dhakal… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Persistent overuse of water supplies from the Colorado River during recent decades has
substantially depleted large storage reservoirs and triggered mandatory cutbacks in water …

Groundwater-dependent ecosystem map exposes global dryland protection needs

MM Rohde, CM Albano, X Huggins, KR Klausmeyer… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Groundwater is the most ubiquitous source of liquid freshwater globally, yet its role in
supporting diverse ecosystems is rarely acknowledged,. However, the location and extent of …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding global groundwater-climate interactions

CE Ndehedehe, OE Adeyeri, AO Onojeghuo… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global warming is emerging as an important predictor of water availability and future water
supplies across the world through inducing the frequency and severity in hydrological …

Alleviating water scarcity by optimizing crop mixes

BD Richter, Y Ao, G Lamsal, D Wei, M Amaya… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Irrigated agriculture dominates freshwater consumption globally, but crop production and
farm revenues suffer when water supplies are insufficient to meet irrigation needs. In the …

Global recharge data set indicates strengthened groundwater connection to surface fluxes

WR Berghuijs, E Luijendijk, C Moeck… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater is an invaluable global resource, but its long‐term viability as a resource for
consumption, agriculture, and ecosystems depends on precipitation recharging aquifers …

Hydrochemistry appraisal, quality assessment and health risk evaluation of shallow groundwater in the Mianyang area of Sichuan Basin, southwestern China

Y Zhang, Z He, H Tian, X Huang, Z Zhang, Y Liu… - Environmental Earth …, 2021 - Springer
Sixty groundwater samples were collected from the Mianyang area in Sichuan Basin for
hydrogeochemical analysis, quality assessment, and human health risk evaluation. Principal …

On the need for physical constraints in deep learning rainfall–runoff projections under climate change: a sensitivity analysis to warming and shifts in potential …

S Wi, S Steinschneider - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2024 - hess.copernicus.org
Deep learning (DL) rainfall–runoff models outperform conceptual, process-based models in
a range of applications. However, it remains unclear whether DL models can produce …