Abstract:<p>Deep groundwater is the backbone of the regional water cycle, ensuring stream baseflow even after extended drought periods. The thicker the overlying vadose zone the more groundwater head dynamics is buffered against short-term fluctuations of groundwater recharge. &#160;Thus deep groundwater is usually considered to be the least susceptible to climate change effects. However, the opposite is true. Long-term trends (20-41 years) of groundwater head in more than 200 wells in a 50,000 km… Show more
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