The sustainability of groundwater usage faces quality problem caused by anthropogenic
activity as well as geogenic contamination. With varied climate zones, geomorphology and …

Massive withdrawal of groundwater resources due to population growth and rapid
industrialization has led to seawater intrusion into the coastal aquifers across the globe. The …

Shallow groundwater affects terrestrial ecosystems by sustaining river base-flow and root-
zone soil water in the absence of rain, but little is known about the global patterns of water …

Groundwater is an important water resource in arid and semi-arid regions. The impact of
human activities on groundwater is increasing. After 60 years running, the groundwater …

The rising salinity trend in the country's coastal groundwater has reached an alarming rate
due to unplanned use of groundwater in agriculture and seawater seeping into the …

Agricultural irrigation represents the main use of global water resources. Irrigation has an
impact on the environment, and scientific evidence suggests that it inevitably leads to …

In arid inland irrigated areas, the role of human activities on fluoride enrichment in
groundwater is not fully understood. There is an extremely arid climate, high-intensity …

The impacts of anthropogenic modifications to the landscape on groundwater recharge
rates, locations, and mechanisms are reviewed. The two major categories of change …

The input of pollutants caused by human activities induces the deterioration of surface water
quality. To reveal the characteristics of surface water quality in Chaohu Lake Basin and the …

In salt-affected and groundwater-fed oasis-desert systems, water and salt balance is
critically important for stable coexistence of oasis-desert ecosystems, especially in the …