Desertification in karst is an effect of climate change and not sustainable anthropogenic
activities, the combination of which, however, causes the gradual loss of karst natural …

Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and
providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater …

Karst regions offer a variety of natural resources such as freshwater and biodiversity, and
many cultural resources. The World Karst Aquifer Map (WOKAM) is the first detailed and …

Abstract Earth System Models (ESMs) are essential tools for understanding and predicting
global change, but they cannot explicitly resolve hillslope‐scale terrain structures that …

A quarter of the world's population uses groundwater from karst aquifers. A range of
emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) are considered a potential threat to water resources …

Karst aquifers are one of the main potable water sources worldwide. Although the exact
global karst water utilisation figures cannot be provided, this study represents an attempt to …

Karst aquifers, capable of storing and transmitting large amount of water, are the main
source of drinking water in many regions worldwide. Their excessive permeability leads to …

Land use and climate change are the most important factors driving the change of
ecosystem services (ESs). It is critical to understand the mechanisms behind such changes …

Backscatter measured by scatterometers and Synthetic Aperture Radars is sensitive to the
dielectric properties of the soil and normally increases with increasing soil moisture content …

Caves are among the most visited geological features in the world, attracting over 70 million
people every year in more than 1,200 caves worldwide, and amounting up to 800 million …