Global river discharge and water temperature under climate change

MTH Van Vliet, WHP Franssen, JR Yearsley… - Global Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Climate change will affect hydrologic and thermal regimes of rivers, having a direct impact
on freshwater ecosystems and human water use. Here we assess the impact of climate …

Global river temperatures and sensitivity to atmospheric warming and changes in river flow

MTH Van Vliet, F Ludwig, JJG Zwolsman… - Water Resources …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the impact of both air temperature and river discharge changes on
daily water temperatures for river stations globally. A nonlinear water temperature …

Global river water warming due to climate change and anthropogenic heat emission

S Liu, Z Xie, B Liu, Y Wang, J Gao, Y Zeng, J Xie… - Global and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the change of water temperature in rivers is important for riverine
environmental management. However, most land surface models make light of riverine …

Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems: a global-scale analysis of ecologically relevant river flow alterations

P Döll, J Zhang - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2010 - hess.copernicus.org
River flow regimes, including long-term average flows, seasonality, low flows, high flows and
other types of flow variability, play an important role for freshwater ecosystems. Thus, climate …

FutureStreams, a global dataset of future streamflow and water temperature

J Bosmans, N Wanders, MFP Bierkens, MAJ Huijbregts… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
There is growing evidence that climate change impacts ecosystems and socio-economic
activities in freshwater environments. Consistent global data of projected streamflow and …

Increasing risk of ecological change to major rivers of the world with global warming

JR Thompson, SN Gosling, J Zaherpour… - Earth's Future, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrological characteristics of a river, including the magnitude and timing of high and
low flows, are important determinants of its ecological functioning. Climate change will alter …

A comparison of changes in river runoff from multiple global and catchment-scale hydrological models under global warming scenarios of 1 C, 2 C and 3 C

SN Gosling, J Zaherpour, NJ Mount, FF Hattermann… - Climatic Change, 2017 - Springer
We present one of the first climate change impact assessments on river runoff that utilises an
ensemble of global hydrological models (Glob-HMs) and an ensemble of catchment-scale …

Coupled daily streamflow and water temperature modelling in large river basins

MTH van Vliet, JR Yearsley… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
Realistic estimates of daily streamflow and water temperature are required for effective
management of water resources (eg for electricity and drinking water production) and …

21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins

Q Tang, DP Lettenmaier - Geophysical Research Letters, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
River runoff is a key index of renewable water resources which affect almost all human and
natural systems. Any substantial change in runoff will therefore have serious social …

How will climate change modify river flow regimes in Europe?

C Schneider, CLR Laizé, MC Acreman… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
Worldwide, flow regimes are being modified by various anthropogenic impacts and climate
change induces an additional risk. Rising temperatures, declining snow cover and changing …