Predicting Potential Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater Nitrate Pollution and Risk in an Intensely Cultivated Area of South Asia
Soumyajit Sarkar, Abhijit Mukherjee, Balaji Senapati, Srimanti Duttagupta
Abstract
pollution, and if fertilizer inputs and land uses are not managed properly, future climate change scenarios can critically impact the groundwater quality in highly agrarian areas.
Topics & Concepts
Representative Concentration PathwaysEnvironmental scienceClimate changeWater resource managementPollutionGroundwaterArable landClimate change scenarioPrecipitationEnvironmental protectionAgricultureClimate modelHydrology (agriculture)GeographyMeteorologyBiologyEcologyGeotechnical engineeringArchaeologyEngineeringGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesClimate variability and models