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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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
Abstract 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 …

Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

RWH Carroll, RG Niswonger, C Ulrich, C Varadharajan… - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Groundwater interactions with mountain streams are often simplified in model projections,
potentially leading to inaccurate estimates of streamflow response to climate change. Here …

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 …

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 …

The impact of climate change on monthly baseflow trends across Canada

J Murray, J Ayers, A Brookfield - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Baseflow, the groundwater contribution to streamflow, sustains surface water between
precipitation events and is an important indicator of groundwater availability. Although many …

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 …

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 …