Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources
This study evaluates the impacts of climate change on fresh groundwater resources specifically salinity intrusion in water resources stressed coastal aquifers. Our assessment used the Hadley Centre climate model, HadCM3 with high and low emission scenarios (SRES A2 and B2) for years 2000-2099. In bo...
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| author | Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan Kazama, S. Sawamoto, M. |
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| description | This study evaluates the impacts of climate change on fresh groundwater resources specifically salinity intrusion in water resources stressed coastal aquifers. Our assessment used the Hadley Centre climate model, HadCM3 with high and low emission scenarios (SRES A2 and B2) for years 2000-2099. In both scenarios, the annual fresh groundwater resources losses indicate an increasing long-term trend in all stressed areas, except in the northern Africa/Sahara region. We also found that precipitation and temperature individually did not show good correlations with fresh groundwater loss. However, the relationship between the aridity index and fresh groundwater loss exhibited a strong negative correlation. We also discuss the impacts of loss of fresh groundwater resources on socio-economic activities, mainly population growth and per capita fresh groundwater resources. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-41892017-09-13T15:54:07Z Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan Kazama, S. Sawamoto, M. salinity intrusion freshwater loss coastal aquifers ground water resources climate change This study evaluates the impacts of climate change on fresh groundwater resources specifically salinity intrusion in water resources stressed coastal aquifers. Our assessment used the Hadley Centre climate model, HadCM3 with high and low emission scenarios (SRES A2 and B2) for years 2000-2099. In both scenarios, the annual fresh groundwater resources losses indicate an increasing long-term trend in all stressed areas, except in the northern Africa/Sahara region. We also found that precipitation and temperature individually did not show good correlations with fresh groundwater loss. However, the relationship between the aridity index and fresh groundwater loss exhibited a strong negative correlation. We also discuss the impacts of loss of fresh groundwater resources on socio-economic activities, mainly population growth and per capita fresh groundwater resources. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4189 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.03.006 Elsevier fulltext |
| spellingShingle | salinity intrusion freshwater loss coastal aquifers ground water resources climate change Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan Kazama, S. Sawamoto, M. Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources |
| title | Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources |
| title_full | Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources |
| title_fullStr | Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources |
| title_short | Effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources |
| title_sort | effects of climate change on coastal fresh groundwater resources |
| topic | salinity intrusion freshwater loss coastal aquifers ground water resources climate change |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4189 |