Climate Change and Groundwater

Print publication date: 27/02/2008

Earth Resources and Economic Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology, GSL Special Publications, Geological Society of London

Type: Book (Hardback)

Binding: Hardback

ISBN: 9781862392359

Weight: 0.74kg

Number of pages: 0

£75.00

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Product code: SP288

Edited by W. Dragoni and B S Sukhija

Special Publication 288

There is a general consensus that for the next few decades at least, the Earth will continue its warming. This will inevitably bring about serious environmental problems. For human society, the most severe will be those related to alterations of the hydrological cycle, which is already heavily influenced by human activities. Climate change will directly affect groundwater recharge, groundwater quality and the freshwater–seawater interface. The variations of groundwater storage inevitably entail a variety of geomorphological and engineering effects. In the areas where water resources are likely to diminish, groundwater will be one of the main solutions to prevent drought. In spite of its paramount importance, the issue of ‘Climate Change and Groundwater’ has been neglected. This volume presents some of the current understanding of the topic.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Climate change and groundwater: a short review, W Dragoni & B S Sukhija

Some aspects of groundwater regime in Bulgaria with respect to climate variability, A D Benderev, T V Orehova & E K Bojilova

Effects of climate change on groundwater resources in Campania (southern Italy), D Ducci & G Tranfaglia

Climate change, drought and groundwater availability in southern Italy, M Polemio & D Casarano

Climatological cycles in groundwater levels in a detritic aquifer, J A Luque-Espinar, M Chica-Olmo & E Pardo-Igúzquiza

Yperia Krini spring (central Greece): inferences on climatic changes from its 2000 years of history, D Rapti-Caputo & B Helly

Quantifying the impacts of climate change on groundwater in an unconﬁned aquifer that is strongly inﬂuenced by surface water, J Scibek, D M Allen & P H Whitfield

Origin of a fresh groundwater body in Cholistan, Thar Desert, Pakistan, M A Geyh & D Ploethner

Transient response of groundwater systems to climate changes, K-P Seiler, W-Z Gu & W Stichler

Application of isotope techniques in groundwater recharge studies in arid western Rajasthan, India: some case studies, U K Sinha & S V Navada

A tale of two cities in ancient Canaan: how the groundwater storage capacity of Arad and Jericho decided their history, A S Issar

Impacts of climatic change on water resources: the future of groundwater recharge with reclaimed water in the south of Europe, M Salgot & A Torrens

Adaptation to climate change: strategies for sustaining groundwater resources during droughts, B S Sukhija

Index

Review by Arindam Mitra

18.08.2015

Senior Geophysicist, Trevor Coombes, Senior Geologist

A PESGB book review - Reviewed March 2015, Aberdeen, UK

This book is a compilation of 13 papers on climate change and its effects on ground water, using studies conducted over various parts of Asia, Middle East, Europe, Canada & Africa. It exhibits a balanced blending of papers ranging from qualitative analysis to high definition quantitative approach. It is also an excellent source of information and reference on various aspects of ground water variability and global warming / climate change.