Low-lying atoll nations (eg the Maldives, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands) are highly
vulnerable to climate change, especially sea-level rise (SLR). Stringent climate change …

Challenges in balancing freshwater demands and the long-term availability of freshwater
from small island aquifers warrants responsive management, whereby groundwater …

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face multiple developmental challenges including
the adverse impacts of climate change. Among these complex challenges is the critical issue …

Coastal aquifers, vital for supplying freshwater to over one billion people worldwide, often
face saltwater intrusion, with barrier island aquifers playing a crucial role in this coastal …

The formation of subsurface freshwater lenses on top of brackish groundwater is a
fascinating hydrologic phenomenon that creates groundwater supplies of great potential …

Marine overwash events are among the most serious short‐term threats to groundwater
supply of small coral islands. During such events, seawater can inundate small islands …

Freshwaters constitute a fundamental and extremely limited resource for atoll islands'
population. The interplay of climatic and human-driven processes, which affect both the …

Low-lying coral reef islands have been projected to become uninhabitable by the end of the
century due to sea level rise, but such projections of vulnerability assume that reef islands …

Salinization of the freshwater lens and well fields under future climate and groundwater
demands threaten the sustainability of groundwater abstraction in small islands. In this …

Groundwater in surficial aquifers in small islands is stored in the form of freshwater lenses
floating on the seawater due to density difference. Recharge from rainfall infiltration is one of …