Climate change effects on groundwater resources : a global synthesis of findings and recommendations / editors: Holger Treidel and Jose Luis Martin-Bordes, Jason J. Gurdak.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction 2. The impacts of climate change and rapid development on weathered crystalline rock aquifer systems in the humid tropics of sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from south-western Uganda/ Callist Tindimugaya 3. Groundwater recharge and storage variability in southern Mali/ Dirk Kirste 4. Groundwater discharge as affected by land use change in small catchments: A hydrologic and economic case study in Central Brazil/ Rejane M. Mendes 5. Effects of storm surges on groundwater resources, North Andros Island, Bahamas/ Diana M. Allen 6. Reducing groundwater vulnerability in Carbonate Island countries in the Pacific/ Tony Falkland 7. Groundwater resources increase in the Iullemmeden Basin, West Africa/ Ibrahim Baba Goni 8. Climate change and its impacts on groundwater resources in Morocco: the case of the Souss-Massa basin/ Zine El Abidine El Morjani 9. Vulnerability of groundwater quality to human activity and climate change and variability, High Plains aquifer, USA/ Breton W. Bruce 10. Groundwater change in the Murray basin from long-term in-situ monitoring and GRACE estimates/ Ian Cartwright 11. Impact assessment of combined climate and management scenarios on groundwater resources. The Inca-Sa Pobla hydrogeological unit (Majorca, Spain)/ Joaquin Jimenez-Martinez 12. The effect of climate and anthropogenic sea level changes on Israeli coastal aquifers/ Eyal Shalev 13. Land subsidence and sea-level rise threaten fresh water resources in the coastal groundwater system of the Rijnland water board, The Netherlands/ Henk Kooi 14. Climate change impacts on valley-bottom aquifers in mountain regions: case studies from British Columbia, Canada/ Diana M. Allen 15. Possible effects of climate change on groundwater resources in the central region of Santa Fe Province, Argentina/ Monica D'Elia 16. Impacts of drought on groundwater depletion in the Beijing Plain, China/ Chao Ye 17. Possible effects of climate change on hydrogeological systems: results from research on Esker aquifers in northern Finland/ Pekka Rossi 18. Impacts of climate change on groundwater in permafrost areas: case study from Svalbard, Norway/ Martine van der Ploeg 19. Groundwater management in Asian cities under the pressures of human impacts and climate change/ Makoto Taniguchi 20. Evaluation of future climate change impacts on European groundwater resources/ Alan Hodgson 21. Sustainable groundwater management for large aquifer systems: tracking depletion rates from space/ James Famiglietti 22. Major science findings, policy recommendations, and future work

While groundwater is a key source for fresh drinking water for almost half of the world's population, little is known about the impact of climate change on its quality and quantity. This book includes case studies from a variety of aquifer systems, scientific methods, and climatic settings that have been performed under the umbrella of the UNESCO-IHP project Groundwater Resources Assessment Under the Pressure of Humanity and Climate Change. A sampling of topics includes the distinct types of climates (such as tropical, arid and continental climates) and impacts on groundwater, major scientific findings, policy recommendations, and work to be done in the future. Editors are Triedel and Martin-Bourdes (UNESCO, International Hydrological Programme, France), Gurdak (San Francisco State U.), and 61 authors provided contributions to the book. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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 world’s population and it also supplies irrigated agriculture. Groundwater is also important in sustaining streams, lakes, wetlands, and associated ecosystems. But despite this, knowledge about the impact of climate change on groundwater quantity and quality is limited. Direct impacts of climate change on natural processes (groundwater recharge, discharge, storage, saltwater intrusion, biogeochemical reactions, chemical fate and transport) may be exacerbated by human activities (indirect impacts). Increased groundwater abstraction, for example, may be needed in areas with unsustainable or contaminated surface water resources caused by droughts and floods. Climate change effects on groundwater resources are, therefore, closely linked to other global change drivers, including population growth, urbanization and land-use change, coupled with other socio-economic and political trends. Groundwater response to global changes is a complex function that depends on climate change and variability, topography, aquifer characteristics, vegetation dynamics, and human activities. This volume contains case studies from diverse aquifer systems, scientific methods, and climatic settings that have been conducted globally under the framework of the UNESCO-IHP project Groundwater Resources Assessment under the Pressures of Humanity and Climate Change (GRAPHIC). This book presents a current and global synthesis of scientific findings and policy recommendations for scientists, water managers and policy makers towards adaptive management of groundwater sustainability under future climate change and variability.