Most ecosystem-mapping efforts involve time-consuming local data collection and field studies. To map groundwater-dependent ecosystems across global drylands, we used publicly available satellite ...

The result is a global map of where ecosystems dependent on groundwater existed from 2015-2020, combined with a statistical likelihood of the researchers’ confidence in each location’s groundw ...

Aquatic and terrestrial groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) provide habitat, support biodiversity, buffer floods and droughts, provide food, and offer cultural services. Cultural services are ...

Now, Australian scientists are preparing to release the country's first national map of groundwater-dependent ecosystems. The map will help decision makers when they consider applications for new ...

“How do we ensure that these ecosystems are protected?” California is the only state with a groundwater law that includes provisions intended to protect groundwater-dependent ecosystem ...

"Groundwater-dependent ecosystems such as wetlands, floodplains, and riparian zones have a very outsized importance on biodiversity. Upwards of 80 to 90 percent of species in a general region may ...