Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources: A Global Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations

Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources: A Global Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations
ISBN-10
0203120760
ISBN-13
9780203120767
Category
Nature
Pages
414
Language
English
Published
2011-12-02
Publisher
CRC Press
Authors
Jason J. Gurdak, Holger Treidel, Jose Luis Martin-Bordes

Description

Climate change is expected to modify the hydrological cycle and affect freshwater resources. Groundwater is a critical source of fresh drinking water for almost half of the worlds population and it also supplies irrigated agriculture. Groundwater is also important in sustaining streams, lakes, wetlands, and associated ecosystems. But despite this,

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