Articles | Volume 26, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4721-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-4721-2022
Research article
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28 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2022

Present and future thermal regimes of intertidal groundwater springs in a threatened coastal ecosystem

Jason J. KarisAllen, Aaron A. Mohammed, Joseph J. Tamborski, Rob C. Jamieson, Serban Danielescu, and Barret L. Kurylyk

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We used a combination of aerial, thermal, hydrologic, and radionuclide monitoring to investigate intertidal springs flowing into a coastal lagoon with a threatened ecosystem. Field data highlight the critical hydrologic and thermal role of these springs in the nearshore zone, and modelling results reveal that the groundwater springs will likely warm substantially in the coming decades due to climate change. Springs sourced from shallower zones in the aquifer will warm first.