A low-to-no snow future and its impacts on water resources in the western United States

ER Siirila-Woodburn, AM Rhoades… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change is decreasing seasonal snowpacks globally, with potentially
catastrophic consequences on water resources, given the long-held reliance on snowpack …

Global groundwater modeling and monitoring: Opportunities and challenges

LE Condon, S Kollet, MFP Bierkens… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater is by far the largest unfrozen freshwater resource on the planet. It plays a
critical role as the bottom of the hydrologic cycle, redistributing water in the subsurface and …

Progressive water deficits during multiyear droughts in basins with long hydrological memory in Chile

C Alvarez-Garreton, JP Boisier… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
A decade-long (2010–2020) period with precipitation deficits in central–south Chile (30–
41∘ S), the so-called megadrought (MD), has led to streamflow depletions of larger …

Toward catchment hydro‐biogeochemical theories

L Li, PL Sullivan, P Benettin, OA Cirpka… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Headwater catchments are the fundamental units that connect the land to the ocean.
Hydrological flow and biogeochemical processes are intricately coupled, yet their respective …

Mountain‐block recharge: A review of current understanding

KH Markovich, AH Manning, LE Condon… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain‐block recharge (MBR) is the subsurface inflow of groundwater to lowland aquifers
from adjacent mountains. MBR can be a major component of recharge but remains difficult …

Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity is a missing link in the mountain water cycle

M van Tiel, C Aubry-Wake, L Somers, C Andermann… - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
The mountain cryosphere and groundwater play pivotal roles in sha** the hydrological
cycle, yet their connectivity remains incompletely understood. Current knowledge on …

Local topography and streambed hydraulic conductivity influence riparian groundwater age and groundwater‐surface water connection

SR Warix, A Navarre‐Sitchler… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The western US is experiencing increasing rain to snow ratios due to climate change, and
scientists are uncertain how changing recharge patterns will affect future groundwater …

Surface parameters and bedrock properties covary across a mountainous watershed: Insights from machine learning and geophysics

S Uhlemann, B Dafflon, HM Wainwright… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Bedrock property quantification is critical for predicting the hydrological response of
watersheds to climate disturbances. Estimating bedrock hydraulic properties over watershed …

Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

RWH Carroll, J Deems, R Maxwell… - Hydrological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Isotopic information from 81 snowpits was collected over a 5‐year period in a large,
Colorado watershed. Data spans gradients in elevation, aspect, vegetation, and seasonal …

Importance of snowmelt contribution to seasonal runoff and summer low flows in Czechia

M Jenicek, O Ledvinka - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020 - hess.copernicus.org
The streamflow seasonality in mountain catchments is often influenced by snow. However, a
shift from snowfall to rain is expected in the future. Consequently, a decrease in snow …