A snapshot of the world's groundwater challenges

U Lall, L Josset, T Russo - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Depletion and pollution of groundwater, Earth's largest and most accessible freshwater
stock, is a global sustainability concern. A changing climate, marked by more frequent and …

Plant-groundwater interactions in drylands: A review of current research and future perspectives

T Wang, Z Wu, P Wang, T Wu, Y Zhang, J Yin… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global dryland areas are expanding due to climate change, and this expansion is
accompanied by an increased frequency and intensity of drought occurrences. The degree …

Groundwater-dependent ecosystems: Recent insights from satellite and field-based studies

D Eamus, S Zolfaghar… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
Groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are at risk globally due to unsustainable levels
of groundwater extraction, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. In this review, we …

A new method to map groundwater-dependent ecosystem zones in semi-arid environments: A case study in Chile

I Duran-Llacer, JL Arumí, L Arriagada, M Aguayo… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Groundwater (GW) use has intensified in recent decades, threatening the ecological integrity
of groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs). The study of GDEs is limited; therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable management of groundwater extraction: An Australian perspective on current challenges

PG Cook, M Shanafield, MS Andersen, S Bourke… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Australia Study focus Our incomplete knowledge of groundwater
systems and processes imposes barriers in attempting to manage groundwater sustainably …

A brown wave of riparian woodland mortality following groundwater declines during the 2012–2019 California drought

CL Kibler, EC Schmidt, DA Roberts… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
As droughts become more frequent and more severe under anthropogenic climate change,
water stress due to diminished subsurface supplies may threaten the health and function of …

[HTML][HTML] Continental mapping of groundwater dependent ecosystems: A methodological framework to integrate diverse data and expert opinion

TM Doody, OV Barron, K Dowsley, I Emelyanova… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Australian continent. Study focus With increasing groundwater
development around the world, a method is required to identify and map groundwater …

A framework to assess the impact of ecological water conveyance on groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems in arid inland river basins

F Huang, X Chunyu, D Zhang, X Chen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Overexploitation of water resources at middle reaches has threatened downstream oasis in
arid inland river basins. To achieve sustainable development, ecological water conveyance …

Groundwater use and rapid irrigation expansion in a changing climate: Hydrological drivers in one of the world's food bowls

JL Pena-Arancibia, M Mainuddin, MD Ahmad… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent decades, increased groundwater use enabled a large areal increase in irrigated
dry season crops in northwest Bangladesh. Concurrent declining groundwater levels across …

A machine learning approach to predict groundwater levels in California reveals ecosystems at risk

MM Rohde, T Biswas, IW Housman… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are increasingly threatened worldwide, but the
shallow groundwater resources that they are reliant upon are seldom monitored. In this …