Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene

BI Cook, JE Smerdon, ER Cook, AP Williams… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Exceptional drought events, known as megadroughts, have occurred on every continent
outside Antarctica over the past~ 2,000 years, causing major ecological and societal …

Exposing the myths of household water insecurity in the global north: A critical review

K Meehan, W Jepson, LM Harris… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Safe and secure water is a cornerstone of modern life in the global North. This article
critically examines a set of prevalent myths about household water in high‐income …

Global groundwater wells at risk of running dry

S Jasechko, D Perrone - Science, 2021 - science.org
Groundwater wells supply water to billions of people, but they can run dry when water tables
decline. Here, we analyzed construction records for~ 39 million globally distributed wells …

Agricultural managed aquifer recharge (Ag-MAR)—a method for sustainable groundwater management: A review

E Levintal, ML Kniffin, Y Ganot, N Marwaha… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
More than two billion people and 40% of global agricultural production depend upon
unsustainable groundwater extraction. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the practice of …

Bayesian machine learning ensemble approach to quantify model uncertainty in predicting groundwater storage change

J Yin, J Medellín-Azuara, A Escriva-Bou… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural water demand, groundwater extraction, surface water delivery and climate have
complex nonlinear relationships with groundwater storage in agricultural regions. As an …

Energy and water co-benefits from covering canals with solar panels

B McKuin, A Zumkehr, J Ta, R Bales, JH Viers… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Solar power development over canals is an emerging response to the energy–water–food
nexus that can result in multiple benefits for water and energy infrastructure. Case studies of …

Drivers of (in) equity in collaborative environmental governance

KB Dobbin, M Kuo, M Lubell, D Bostic… - Policy Studies …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Collaborative environmental governance seeks to engage diverse stakeholders to tackle
complex challenges efficiently, sustainably, and equitably. However, mixed empirical …

Critical aquifer overdraft accelerates degradation of groundwater quality in California's Central Valley during drought

ZF Levy, BC Jurgens, KR Burow… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drought‐induced pumpage has precipitated dramatic groundwater‐level declines in
California's Central Valley over the past 30 yr, but the impacts of aquifer overdraft on water …

The alarming state of Central Chile's groundwater resources: A paradigmatic case of a lasting overexploitation

M Taucare, B Viguier, R Figueroa, L Daniele - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ensuring water supply under climate change scenarios is a global concern, and
groundwater resources play a crucial role. Aquifer depletion is a worldwide trend, and Chile …

Widespread aquifer depressurization after a century of intensive groundwater use in USA

A Hilton, S Jasechko - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Water supplies for household use and irrigated agriculture rely on groundwater wells. When
wells are drilled into a highly pressurized aquifer, groundwater may flow up the well and …