Divergent future drought projections in UK river flows and groundwater levels
Simon Parry,Jonathan D. Mackay,Thomas Chitson,Jamie Hannaford,Eugene Magee,Maliko Tanguy,Victoria A. Bell,Katie Facer-Childs,Alison Kay,Rosanna Lane,Robert J. Moore,Stephen Turner,and John Wallbank
Simon Parry
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
We studied drought in a dataset of possible future river flows and groundwater levels in the UK and found different outcomes for these two sources of water. Throughout the UK, river flows are likely to be lower in future, with droughts more prolonged and severe. However, whilst these changes are also found in some boreholes, in others, higher levels and less severe drought are indicated for the future. This has implications for the future balance between surface water and groundwater below.
We studied drought in a dataset of possible future river flows and groundwater levels in the UK...