Climate change and anthropogenic pressures disrupting hydrological regimes and exacerbating water scarcity

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Sourced from the future-work section and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 27 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Hydrology and Climate Change in Africa: Contemporary Challenges, and Future Resilience Pathways (2025) · Water · cited 22× · doi

  Further research is needed to understand the interactions between fluvial processes, water cycle dynamics, and anthropogenic pressures, - Studies should focus on the impacts of climate change on groundwater systems, - Research on 'Ecosystem services and nature-based solutions' is needed to address the growing focus on disaster mitigation

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: further research needed understand interactions between fluvial processes
• Water Security in the Climate Policies of the European Union: The Growing Importance of Groundwater Resources (2026) · Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs · doi

  Climate change and anthropogenic pressures disrupting hydrological regimes and exacerbating water scarcity. Insufficient consideration of groundwater in climate adaptation and sectoral policies. The lack of effective quantitative and qualitative protection of groundwater resources.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate change anthropogenic pressures disrupting hydrological regimes exacerbating
• Climatic Factors Influencing Aleppo Pine Sap Flow in Orographic Valleys Under Two Contrasting Mediterranean Climates (2025) · Hydrology · cited 2× · doi

  Further research is needed to understand the long-term effects of climate change on pine forests, - Studies should investigate the impact of climate change on the sensitivity of transpiration to soil water content and evaporative demand, - Research should focus on the acclimation of pine forests to different climatic conditions

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: further research needed understand long-term effects climate change
• Hydrological Response to Compounding Impacts of Climate Change and Forest Management in the Upper Kings River Basin, CA, USA (2026) · Ecohydrology · cited 3× · doi

  Further studies are needed to investigate the impacts of climate change and forest management on other hydrological variables, such as groundwater recharge. The development of more advanced models that can capture the complexities of forest ecosystems is needed. Additional research is required to evaluate the effectiveness of different forest restoration strategies in mitigating climate change impacts.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further studies needed investigate impacts climate change forest

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