Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
4.1
2.9
Journals
Atmosphere
Special Issues
Subterranean Shifts: Investigating the Dynamic Interplay of Climate Change and...
share announcement

Subterranean Shifts: Investigating the Dynamic Interplay of Climate Change and Groundwater

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 February 2024) | Viewed by 3625

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alvin Lal

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Global Center for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Interests: groundwater; hydrogeology; hydro-informatics; climate change; machine learning
Dr. Bithin Datta

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Discipline of Civil Engineering, College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
Interests: hydrology; groundwater contamination; water resources; artificial intelligence
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change can lead to variability in precipitation and more extreme weather events, can cause sea-level rise, storm surges and seawater inundation, longer periods of droughts and floods, which can all directly or indirectly affect the availability and dependency on groundwater. Groundwater is an important source of drinking water, agricultural production, and heavily used in some commercial industrial setups. It is critically important for us to investigate, explore and understand how climate change will affect the quality and quantity of groundwater.

Studying the relationship between climate change and groundwater is important because it can help us understand how to manage and protect our groundwater resources in a changing climate. By understanding how changes in precipitation and temperature patterns impact groundwater, how sea-level rise, storm surges and seawater inundation impacts aquifer systems and groundwater resources, we can develop more effective strategies for water resource management and conservation. This knowledge can also help us predict and adapt to future changes in water availability and quality.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to initiate discussions, explore ideas, focus on collaborations, and share concepts that will help us design and implement effective groundwater monitoring and management strategies and prepare for tomorrows changing climate.

Dr. Alvin Lal
Dr. Bithin Datta
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • groundwater
  • climate change
  • hydrological modelling
  • sea level rise
  • drought
  • subsurface flow and transport
  • hydrological processes

Published Papers (1 paper)

Order results
Result details
Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Review

22 pages, 2936 KiB  
Review
A Critical Review of Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater Resources: A Focus on the Current Status, Future Possibilities, and Role of Simulation Models
by Veeraswamy Davamani, Joseph Ezra John, Chidamparam Poornachandhra, Boopathi Gopalakrishnan, Subramanian Arulmani, Ettiyagounder Parameswari, Anandhi Santhosh, Asadi Srinivasulu, Alvin Lal and Ravi Naidu
Atmosphere 2024, 15(1), 122; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010122 - 19 Jan 2024
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 2912
Abstract
The Earth’s water resources, totalling 1.386 billion cubic kilometres, predominantly consist of saltwater in oceans. Groundwater plays a pivotal role, with 99% of usable freshwater supporting 1.5–3 billion people as a drinking water source and 60–70% for irrigation. Climate change, with temperature increases [...] Read more.
The Earth’s water resources, totalling 1.386 billion cubic kilometres, predominantly consist of saltwater in oceans. Groundwater plays a pivotal role, with 99% of usable freshwater supporting 1.5–3 billion people as a drinking water source and 60–70% for irrigation. Climate change, with temperature increases and altered precipitation patterns, directly impacts groundwater systems, affecting recharge, discharge, and temperature. Hydrological models are crucial for assessing climate change effects on groundwater, aiding in management decisions. Advanced hydrological models, incorporating data assimilation and improved process representation, contribute to understanding complex systems. Recent studies employ numerical models to assess climate change impacts on groundwater recharge that could help in the management of groundwater. Groundwater vulnerability assessments vary with the spatial and temporal considerations, as well as assumptions in modelling groundwater susceptibility. This review assesses the vulnerability of groundwater to climate change and stresses the importance of accurate assessments for sustainable water resource management. It highlights challenges in assumptions related to soil and aquifer properties, multiple stressors, adaptive capacity, topography and groundwater contamination processes, gradual sea level rise scenarios, and realistic representations of the region of study. With the advancements in hydrological modelling, including the integration of uncertainty quantification and remote sensing data, artificial intelligence could assist in the efforts to improve models for assessing the impacts of climate change on hydrological modelling. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Subterranean Shifts: Investigating the Dynamic Interplay of Climate Change and Groundwater)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
 
Displaying articles 1-1
Back to TopTop