Groundwater:
UN: a global synopsis of groundwater science and transboundary management (Analysis Report)
Climate change effects on groundwater resources How does groundwater pumping affect streamflow
Recent changes in land water storage and its contribution to sea level variations
Mapping groundwater's influence on the world's oceans
Groundwater: a hidden influence on river shape
Subterranean - hydrogeology - Artesian - Aquifers - Hydrothermals
Lakes:
Lakes - USGS on lakes - 10 largest lakes in the world Taking stock of the world's lakes
UN global synopsis of lakes sciencs and transboundary management (Analysis Report)
New lake surface temperature data base will help in the study of climate change
Turning climate change data into policy is no easy feat Global warming harms lakes
After decades of clean-up attempts, world's lakes still suffer from phosphorous pollution
Human actvities trigger hypoxia in freshwaters around the globe
Subarctic lakes are drying up at a rate not seen for 200 years
Main Processes:
Evaporation - Dissolution - Acidification Erosion has a point and an edge
River & Stream Systems, Catchment Basins:
Rivers - more on rivers
Rivers from space
Tracking river flows from space
Global extent of rivers and streams
Extreme events in running waters
Measuring protection of the world's rivers
A universal law for the 'blood of the Earth'
Global surface area of rivers and streams is 45% higher than previously thought
River CO2 emissions, effect of warming & ckimate change:
CO2 emissions change with size of streams and rivers
Impact of warming climate doesn't always translate to streamflow
Study finds stream temperatures don't parallel warming climate trend
Study finds rivers and streams release more greenhouse gas than all lakes
A hybrid model for river water temperature as a function of air temperature and discharge
How is the impact of climate change on river flow regimes related to the impact on mean annual runoff? A global-scale analysis
River Biodiversity & Ecology:
The water is wider
The mathematics of braided rivers
Desert streams: deceptively simple
Cracking the problem of river growth
How do healthy rivers benefit society?
Morphodynamics: rivers beyond steady state
Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity
Researchers introduce macrosystems approach to study stream ecology
River bottoms, sands, sediments, gravels & boullders:
Rivers flow differently over gravel beds
How are river flow sediment pulses generated?
River sediments, a dynamic reserve of pollutants
Boulders limit transport of sand and gravel in steep rivers
Chemical composition of suspended sediments in World Rivers: new insights from a new database
Impacts of river engineering pn river channel behavior: implications for managing downstream flood risk
River Dams, Spillways and Restortaion:
Undamming rivers
Restored streams take 25 years or longer to recover
Rivers recover natural conditions quickly following dam removal
Dams destabilize river food webs: lessons from the Grand Canyon
Sediment trapped behind dams makes them 'hot spots' for greenhouse gas emissions
Spillways can divert sand from river to rebuild wetlands
River Watersheds, Catchments and Basins:
The shape of watersheds
The physics of river prediction
UN: A global synopsis of river basin science and transboundary management (Analysis Report)
Technical analysis of a river basin-based model of advanced power plant cooling technologies for mitigating water management challenges
Science-based tools enhance waste catchment management
River Deltas and Estuaries:
Predicting the shape of river deltas
Restoring sedimentology of river deltas
Scientists urge protection of world's deltas
How do you reduce disaster risk in river deltas
Estuaries may face increased parasitism as sea levels rise
Sudden shifts in the course of a river on a delta may be predicted
World's large river deltas continue to degrade from human activity
REGIONAL:
North America:
NASA Finds Russian Runoff Freshening Canadian Arctic
Canada's Great Basin The Mackenzie River Basin (Rosenberg International Forum)
A century of hydrological variability and trends in the Fraser River Basin
Response of ice cover on shallow lakes of the North Slope of Alaska to contemporary climate conditions
Climate-driven shifts in sediment chemistry enhance methane production in northern lakes
Study corrects misconceptions of Great Lakes evaporation
NASA studies a rarity: growing Louisiana deltas Yucutan cenotes
Modeling the Mississippi: LSU Researchers Study Methods to Use River Sediment to Repair the Coast
Underwater forest off the coast of Alabama US River chart Another US river chart
Colorado River: the American Nile Colorado River delta greener after engineered pulse of water
Arizona - We pump too much groundwater, and rivers are in danger
Analysis of long-term ternds (1950-2009) in precipitation, runoff and runoff coefficient in major urban watersheds in the USA
Projected Evolution of California's San Francisco Bay-Delta-River System in a Century of Climate Change
Visualizing California's changing delta with Stanford and KQED
Latin America:
River plumes near the Equator such as the Congo and the Amazon have major effects on oceans
From drought to flooding: understanding the abrupt 2010–11 hydrological annual cycle in the Amazonas River and tributaries
CO2 emissions along the Lower Amazon River
Pre-Inca canal system uses hillsides as sponges to store water
Africa & Midlle East:
Dire and drier future for Lake Victoria
Africa: new urgency to rethink dam projects
Quantitative maps of groundwater resources in Africa
Assessing the impacts of climate change on the River Nile
Adapting to climate-change induced water stress in the Nile Basin
The battle for water: Assessing the Nile's flow a tricky task for Egypt
Assessing land deformation and sea encroachment in the Nile Delta
Nile River may be older than previously thought
The eternal Nile is even more ancient than we thought
After it "died" once, will Dead Sea die again
Asia:
Ground Water Disappearing in China
Humans have been changing Chinese environment for 3,000 years
Quantifying the impact of the Three Gorges Dam on the thermal dynamics of the Yangtze River
Analysis of ALOS PALSAR InSAR data for mappinmg water level changes in Yellow River delta wetlands
Through flood and drought: reconstructing the Yellow River
Seasonality of the hydrological cycle in major South and Southeast Asia river basins as simulated by PCMDI/CMIP3 experiments
Integrating climate change into regional disaster risk management at the Mekong River Commission
USAID Mekong ARCC climate change impact and adaptation study
China Hydropower Dams in Mekong River Give Shocks to 60 Million
Detection of the timing and duration of snowmelt in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya
Global surveys of reservoirs and lakes from satellites and regional application to the Syrdarya river basin
ANZ:
Australian lake untouched by climate change
Australia: Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRACK)
Assessing change in floodplain wetland condition in the Murray Darling Basin
The origins and future of Lake Eyre and the Murray-Darling Basin
Greens threaten to pull plug on Murray-Darling Basin plan
Response of the Lower Ord River and estuary to changes to flow and sediment and nutrient loads
Integrated river watch system for disaster risk reduction planned
Great Artesian Basin (Australia)
Europe:
Restoring Europe's Rivers website
Room for rivers: risk reductions by enhancing the the flood conveyance capacity of Netherland's rivers
Territorial cohesion and water management in Europe: the spatial perspective
Britain's urban rivers bounce back