There is a general consensus that for the next few decades atleast, the Earth will continue its warming. This will inevitablybring about serious environmental problems. For human society,the most severe will be those related to alterations of thehydrological cycle, which is already heavily influenced by humanactivities. Climate change will directly affect groundwaterrecharge, groundwater quality and the freshwater-seawater interface.The variations of groundwater storage inevitably entail a varietyof geomorphological and engineering effects. In the areas wherewater resources are likely to diminish, groundwater will beone of the main solutions to prevent drought. In spite of itsparamount importance, the issue of ‘Climate Change andGroundwater’ has been neglected. This volume presentssome of the current understanding of the topic.
