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View article: Situating Place‐Based, Community‐Engaged Watershed Research at Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo'
Situating Place‐Based, Community‐Engaged Watershed Research at Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' Open
Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' is a culturally significant and salmon‐bearing river facing significant challenges, which Cowichan Tribes and the British Columbia provincial government are addressing with a first‐of‐its‐kind watershed plan. Our resear…
View article: Technical Note: High Nash Sutcliffe Efficiencies conceal poor simulations of interannual variance in tropical, alpine, and polar catchments
Technical Note: High Nash Sutcliffe Efficiencies conceal poor simulations of interannual variance in tropical, alpine, and polar catchments Open
Streamflow time series can be decomposed into interannual, seasonal, and irregular components, with regionally varying contributions of each component. Seasonal variance dominates in many tropical, alpine, and polar regions, while irregula…
View article: Supplementary material to "Technical Note: High Nash Sutcliffe Efficiencies conceal poor simulations of interannual variance in tropical, alpine, and polar catchments"
Supplementary material to "Technical Note: High Nash Sutcliffe Efficiencies conceal poor simulations of interannual variance in tropical, alpine, and polar catchments" Open
View article: A review of open data for studying global groundwater in social–ecological systems
A review of open data for studying global groundwater in social–ecological systems Open
Global data have served an integral role in characterizing large-scale groundwater systems, identifying their sustainability challenges, and informing on socioeconomic and ecological dimensions of groundwater. These insights have revealed …
View article: Bright but flickering lights of sustainable, community-based groundwater supply and management: ASADAS in Costa Rica
Bright but flickering lights of sustainable, community-based groundwater supply and management: ASADAS in Costa Rica Open
View article: Topography and the Terrestrial Water Cycle
Topography and the Terrestrial Water Cycle Open
The relationship between topography and the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is still much to learn about Earth’s complex dynamics – both above, at, and below the surface.
View article: Current trends and biases in groundwater modelling using the community-driven groundwater model portal (GroMoPo)
Current trends and biases in groundwater modelling using the community-driven groundwater model portal (GroMoPo) Open
View article: A review of open data for studying global groundwater in social-ecological systems
A review of open data for studying global groundwater in social-ecological systems Open
Global data have served an integral role in characterizing large-scale groundwater systems, identifying their sustainability challenges, and informing on socioeconomic and ecological dimensions of groundwater. These insights have revealed …
View article: Rising Temperatures Drive Lower Summer Minimum Flows Across Hydrologically Diverse Catchments in British Columbia
Rising Temperatures Drive Lower Summer Minimum Flows Across Hydrologically Diverse Catchments in British Columbia Open
Excessively low stream flows harm ecosystems and societies, so two key goals of low‐flow hydrology are to understand their drivers and to predict their severity and frequency. We show that linear regressions can accomplish both goals acros…
View article: The Influence of Topography on the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle
The Influence of Topography on the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle Open
Topography affects the distribution and movement of water on Earth, yet new insights about topographic controls continue to surprise us and exciting puzzles remain. Here we combine literature review and data synthesis to explore the influe…
View article: Situating place-based, community-engaged watershed research at Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo'
Situating place-based, community-engaged watershed research at Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' Open
Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' is a culturally significant and salmon-bearing river facing significant challenges which Cowichan Tribes and the British Columbia Provincial Government are addressing with a first-of-its-kind watershed plan. Our researc…
View article: Groundwater connected art: practicing arts-based research to enrich how hydrogeology engages people, place and other disciplines
Groundwater connected art: practicing arts-based research to enrich how hydrogeology engages people, place and other disciplines Open
Groundwater depletion, contamination, and governance challenges persist despite decades of groundwater research. Scientific methods are crucial yet seem insufficient to inspire the deep emotional and cultural connections needed for real ch…
View article: Comparing Global Violations of Environmentally Critical Groundwater Discharge Thresholds
Comparing Global Violations of Environmentally Critical Groundwater Discharge Thresholds Open
Groundwater is a crucial resource to support surface water bodies via groundwater discharge. In this study, we applied two methods of estimating global environmentally critical groundwater discharge, defined as the flux of groundwater to s…
View article: Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary
Concerns regarding proposed groundwater Earth system boundary Open
View article: Uncertainty in model estimates of global groundwater depth
Uncertainty in model estimates of global groundwater depth Open
Knowing the depth at which groundwater can be found below the land surface is critical for understanding its potential accessibility by ecosystems and society. Uncertainty in global scale water table depth (WTD) limits our ability to asses…
View article: Groundwaterscapes: A Global Classification and Mapping of Groundwater's Large‐Scale Socioeconomic, Ecological, and Earth System Functions
Groundwaterscapes: A Global Classification and Mapping of Groundwater's Large‐Scale Socioeconomic, Ecological, and Earth System Functions Open
Groundwater is a dynamic component of the global water cycle with important social, economic, ecological, and Earth system functions. We present a new global classification and mapping of groundwater systems, which we call groundwaterscape…
View article: Groundwater-dependent ecosystem map exposes global dryland protection needs
Groundwater-dependent ecosystem map exposes global dryland protection needs Open
Groundwater is the most ubiquitous source of liquid freshwater globally, yet its role in supporting diverse ecosystems is rarely acknowledged 1,2 . However, the location and extent of groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are unknown in …
View article: Rising temperatures drive lower summer minimum flows across hydrologically diverse catchments
Rising temperatures drive lower summer minimum flows across hydrologically diverse catchments Open
Excessively low stream flows harm ecosystems and societies, so two key goals of low-flow hydrology are to understand their drivers and to predict their severity and frequency. We show that simple linear regressions can accomplish both goal…
View article: Streamflow Depletion Caused by Groundwater Pumping: Fundamental Research Priorities for Management‐Relevant Science
Streamflow Depletion Caused by Groundwater Pumping: Fundamental Research Priorities for Management‐Relevant Science Open
Reductions in streamflow caused by groundwater pumping, known as “streamflow depletion,” link the hydrologic process of stream‐aquifer interactions to human modifications of the water cycle. Isolating the impacts of groundwater pumping on …
View article: Characterisation of drainage dynamics of karst landscapes over Europe
Characterisation of drainage dynamics of karst landscapes over Europe Open
Karst aquifers play a crucial role as water sources globally, with several European countries relying significantly on them for their water supply. Managing these aquifers is challenging due to their subsurface hydraulic heterogeneity. Hyd…
View article: Global groundwater environmental flow violations
Global groundwater environmental flow violations Open
Groundwater serves as a vital resource to meet growing freshwater demands, particularly for the irrigation sector, driven by population growth and socioeconomic development. Apart from this application, however, groundwater also supports s…
View article: Open questions regarding the influence of topography on the terrestrial water cycle
Open questions regarding the influence of topography on the terrestrial water cycle Open
Topography affects the distribution and movement of water on Earth, but exciting puzzles remain and new discoveries regarding topographic controls continue to surprise us. In this contribution, we discuss some open questions regarding the …
View article: Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change
Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change Open
Human actions compromise the many life-supporting functions provided by the freshwater cycle. Yet, scientific understanding of anthropogenic freshwater change and its long-term evolution is limited. Here, using a multi-model ensemble of gl…
View article: Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change"
Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change" Open
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View article: Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change"
Data for "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change" Open
Data repository for: "Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow and soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change"
View article: Groundwaterscapes: A global classification and mapping of groundwater’s large-scale socioeconomic, ecological, and Earth system functions
Groundwaterscapes: A global classification and mapping of groundwater’s large-scale socioeconomic, ecological, and Earth system functions Open
Groundwater is a dynamic component of the global water cycle with important social, economic, ecological, and Earth system functions. We present a new global classification and mapping of groundwater systems, which we call groundwaterscape…
View article: Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries
Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries Open
This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for humanity. Ocean acidification is close to being breached, while ae…
View article: Defining Renewable Groundwater Use and Its Relevance to Sustainable Groundwater Management
Defining Renewable Groundwater Use and Its Relevance to Sustainable Groundwater Management Open
Groundwater systems are commonly defined as renewable or non‐renewable based on natural fluxes of recharge or on estimates of aquifer storage and groundwater residence time. However, we show here that the principle of capture (i.e., how re…
View article: GroMoPo: A Groundwater Model Portal for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) modeling
GroMoPo: A Groundwater Model Portal for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) modeling Open
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View article: Groundwater Resource Allocation in British Columbia: Challenges and Ways Forward
Groundwater Resource Allocation in British Columbia: Challenges and Ways Forward Open
Groundwater allocation in British Columbia is facing several important challenges. Groundwater is licensed under the Water Sustainability Act and potentially included in modern treaties. These challenges include acknowledging the importanc…