Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future

BR Scanlon, S Fakhreddine, A Rateb… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Water is a critical resource, but ensuring its availability faces challenges from climate
extremes and human intervention. In this Review, we evaluate the current and historical …

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 …

Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally

S Jasechko, H Seybold, D Perrone, Y Fan… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Groundwater resources are vital to ecosystems and livelihoods. Excessive groundwater
withdrawals can cause groundwater levels to decline,,,,,,,,–, resulting in seawater intrusion …

Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture

Y Yang, D Tilman, Z **, P Smith, CB Barrett, YG Zhu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Agriculture's global environmental impacts are widely expected to continue expanding,
driven by population and economic growth and dietary changes. This Review highlights …

The impacts of climate change on groundwater quality: A review

PU Dao, AG Heuzard, TXH Le, J Zhao, R Yin… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater has been known as the second largest freshwater storage in the world,
following surface water. Over the years, groundwater has already been under overwhelming …

Quantum sensing for gravity cartography

B Stray, A Lamb, A Kaushik, J Vovrosh, A Rodgers… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The sensing of gravity has emerged as a tool in geophysics applications such as
engineering and climate research,–, including the monitoring of temporal variations in …

Global groundwater warming due to climate change

SA Benz, DJ Irvine, GC Rau, P Bayer, K Menberg… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Aquifers contain the largest store of unfrozen freshwater, making groundwater critical for life
on Earth. Surprisingly little is known about how groundwater responds to surface warming …

Soil salinity: A global threat to sustainable development

A Singh - Soil Use and Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil is a vital resource for feeding the burgeoning global population, and it is also essential
for realizing most of the 'United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)'. For …

Map** the global threat of land subsidence

G Herrera-García, P Ezquerro, R Tomás… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Subsidence, the lowering of Earth's land surface, is a potentially destructive hazard that can
be caused by a wide range of natural or anthropogenic triggers but mainly results from solid …

The impacts of climate change on coastal groundwater

CM Richardson, KL Davis, C Ruiz-González… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Coastal groundwater (CGW) is a critical water resource for many communities and can be a
key part of coastal ecosystems. Owing to its location, CGW faces both terrestrial and marine …