Shift in groundwater recharge of the Bengal Basin from rainfall to surface water

Yusuf Jameel; Mason Stahl; Holly Michael; Benjamin C Bostick; Michael S. Steckler; Peter Schlosser; Alexander van Geen; Charles Harvey

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00650-z

Communications Earth & Environment (Jan 2023)

Shift in groundwater recharge of the Bengal Basin from rainfall to surface water

Yusuf Jameel,
Mason Stahl,
Holly Michael,
Benjamin C Bostick,
Michael S. Steckler,
Peter Schlosser,
Alexander van Geen,
Charles Harvey

Affiliations

Yusuf Jameel: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mason Stahl: Department of Geosciences, Union College
Holly Michael: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware
Benjamin C Bostick: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Michael S. Steckler: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Peter Schlosser: Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University
Alexander van Geen: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Charles Harvey: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00650-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The contribution of rainfall to groundwater recharge in the Bengal Basin has decreased in the last 70 years along with an increased contribution from standing water bodies, according to statistical analyses of groundwater stable isotope measurements.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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