Understanding Global Groundwater: Climate Change and Water Extraction (Springer Water)

This book advances our understanding of global groundwater status, emphasizing the growing threats from unsustainable extraction and climate change.It highlights the central dilemma: groundwater is essential for socio-economic development, yet overuse leads to severe environmental and ecological consequences.With many aquifers rapidly declining, the book stresses the urgent need for advanced monitoring to better understand hydrological processes such as recharge, to inform stronger management policies.A major focus is the role of modern satellite hydrology missions in improving groundwater assessment.By integrating radar, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), and GNSS data with outputs from hydrological models, these technologies offer the capability to enhance our assessment of groundwater status, provide deeper insights into groundwater processes, and support sustainable decision-making.The book examines groundwater drought, articulating its principles and presenting metho