Published articles

2026
54. Jasechko, S., Global cases of groundwater recovery after interventions. Science, 391, 1218-1228 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adu1370 (2026). [Access article for free via this link]
53. Ferguson, G., Cuthbert, M.O., Jasechko, S., Manga, M., McDonnell, J.J., McIntosh, J.C., Noyes, C.E., Sherwood Lollar, B., Taylor, R.G. Renewability of fossil groundwater affected by present-day climate conditions. Nature Geoscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-01923-4 (2026). [Link to article]
2024
52. Ochoa, J.G.S.M., Oliveira, P.T.S., Ballerina, A.S., Neto, A.A.M., Gastmans, D., Jasechko, S., Fan, Y., Wendland, E.C. Widespread streamflow leakage across Brazil. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54370-3 (2024).
51. Xie, J., Liu, X.., Jasechko, S., Berghuijs, W.R., Wang, K., Liu, C., Reichstein, M., Jung, M., Koirala, S. Majority of global river flow sustained by groundwater. Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01483-5 (2024). [Link to article]
50. Berghuijs, W., Jasechko, S. An amplified groundwater recharge response to climate change. Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01955-x (2024). [Link to article]
49. Berghuijs, W., Collenteur, R.A., Jasechko, S., Jaramillo, F., Luijendijk, E., Moeck, C., van der Velde, Y., Allen, S.T. Groundwater recharge is sensitive to changing long-term aridity. Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01953-z (2024). [Link to article]
48. Kuang, X., Liu, J., Scanlon, B.R., Jiao, J.J., Jasechko, S., Lancia, M., Biskaborn, B.K., Wada, Y., Li, H., Zeng, Z., Guo, Z., Yao, Y., Gleeson, T., Nicot, J.-P., Luo, X., Zou, Y., Zheng, C. The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle. Science, 383, doi:10.1126/science.adf0630 (2024). [Link to article]
47. Jasechko, S., Seybold, H., Perrone, D., Fan, Y., Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R.G., Fallatah, O., Kirchner, J.W. Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally. Nature, 625, 715-721 (2024). [Link to article] [Link to Policy Brief] [Shorthand]
2023
46. Freund, E.R., Seybold, H., Jasechko, S., Kirchner, J.W. Groundwater's fingerprint in stream network branching angles. Geophysical Research Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103599 (2023).
45. Hilton, A., Jasechko, S. (2023). Widespread aquifer depressurization after a century of intensive groundwater use in USA. Science Advances 9, eadh2992 (2023). [Link to article]
44. McDermid, S., Nocco, M., Lawston-Parker, P. Keune, J., Pokhrel, Y., Jain, M., Jägermeyr, J., Brocca, L. Massari, C., Jones, A.D., Vahmani, P., Thiery, W., Yao, Y., Bell, A., Chen, L., Dorigo, W., Hanasaki, N., Jasechko, S., Lo, M.-H., Mahmood, R., Mishra, V., Mueller, N.D., Niyogi, D., Rabin, S.S., Sloat, S., Wada, Y., Zappa, L., Chen, F., Cook, B.I., Kim, H., Lombardozzi, D., Polcher, J., Ryu, D., Santanello, J., Satoh, Y., Seneviratne, S., Singh, D., Yokohata, T. (2023). Irrigation in the Earth system. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4, 435-453 (2023). [Link to article]
43. Kang, M., H., Boutot, J., McVay, R.C., Roberts, K.A., Jasechko, S., Perrone, D., Wen, T., Lackey, G., Raimi, D., Digiulio, D.C., Shonkoff, S.B. A Environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned oil and gas wells in the United States. Environmental Research Letters 18, 074012 (2023). [Link to article]
42. Wang, H., Li, H., Xiang, W., Lu, Y., Wang, H., Hu, W., Si, B., Jasechko, S., McDonnell, J.J. A 1000‐year record of temperature from isotopic analysis of the deep critical zone in central China. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2022GL101054 (2023). [Link to article]
41. Ferguson, G., McIntosh, J.C., Jasechko, S., Kim, J.-H., Famiglietti, J.S., McDonnell, J.J. Groundwater deeper than 500 m contributes less than 0.1% of global river discharge. Communications Earth & Environment 4, 48 (2023). [Link to article]
2022
40. Thaw, M., GebreEgziabher, M., Villafañe-Pagán, J.Y., Jasechko, S. (2022). Modern groundwater reaches deeper depths in heavily pumped aquifer systems. Nature Communications 13, 5263, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32954-1 [Link to article]
39. GebreEgziabher, M., Jasechko, S., Perrone, D. Widespread and increased drilling of wells into fossil aquifers in the USA. Nature Communications 13, 2129, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29678-7 (2022). [Link to article] [Link to 1 minute video summary of study] [Link to story map] [Link to US Aquifer Database interactive app] [Download the US Aquifer Database via CUAHSI HydroShare here]
2021
38. Lone, S. A., Jeelani, G., Deshpande, R. D., Mukherjee, A., Jasechko, S., Lone, A. Meltwaters dominate groundwater recharge in cold arid desert of Upper Indus River Basin (UIRB), western Himalayas. Science of The Total Environment, 147514 (2021) [Link to article]
37. Hartmann, A., Jasechko, S., Gleeson, T., Wada, Y., Andreo, B., Barberá, J.A., Brielmann, H., Bouchaou, L. Charlier, J.-B., Darling, W.G., Filippini, M., Garvelmann, J., Goldscheider, N., Kralik, M., Kunstmann, H., Ladouche, B., Lange, J., Lucianetti, G., Martín, J.F., Mudarra, M., Sánchez, D., Stumpp, C., Zagana, E., Wagener, T. Risk of groundwater contamination widely underestimated because of fast flow into aquifers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, e2024492118 (2021). [Link to article]
36. Jasechko, S., Perrone, D. Global groundwater wells at risk of running dry. Science, 372, 418-421. doi.org/10.1126/science.abc2755 (2021). [Link to article] [Link to 1 minute video summary of study] 
35. Jasechko, S., Seybold, H., Perrone, D., Fan, Y., Kirchner, J. W. Widespread potential loss of streamflow into underlying aquifers across the USA. Nature, 591, 391-395. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03311-x (2021). [Link to article] [Link to 1 minute video summary of study]
2020
34. Kang, M., Perrone, D., Wang, Z., Jasechko, S., Rohde, M. M. Base of fresh water, groundwater salinity, and well distribution across California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 32302-32307  doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015784117 (2020). [Link to article]
33. Jasechko, S., Perrone, D., Seybold, H., Fan, Y., Kirchner, J. W.  Groundwater level observations in 250,000 coastal US wells reveal scope of potential seawater intrusion. Nature Communications 11, 3229 (2020). [Link to open access article]
32. Jasechko, S., Perrone, D. California Central Valley groundwater wells run dry during recent drought. Earth's Future, e2019EF001339, doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001339 (2020). [Link to article]
2019
31. Perrone, D., Jasechko, S. Deeper well drilling an unsustainable stopgap to groundwater depletion, Nature Sustainability 2, 773-782 (2019). [Link to article]
30. Jasechko, S., Global isotope hydrogeology-Review. Reviews of Geophysics, 57, 835-965 (2019). [Link to article] [PDF]
29. Allen, S. T., Jasechko, S., Berghuijs, W. R., Welker, J. M., Goldsmith, G. R., Kirchner, J. W. Global sinusoidal seasonality in precipitation isotopes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23, 3423–3436 (2019). [Link to article]
28. Li, Z., Jasechko, S., Si, B. Uncertainties in tritium mass balance models for groundwater recharge estimation. Journal of Hydrology 571, 150-158 (2019). [Link to article]
2018
27. Ferguson, G., McIntosh, J. C., Perrone, D., Jasechko, S. Competition for shrinking window of low salinity groundwater. Environmental Research Letters 13, 114013 (2018) [Link to article]
26. Womble, P., Perrone, D., Jasechko, S., Nelson, R. L.,, Szeptycki, L. F., Anderson, R. T., Gorelick, S. M.  Indigenous communities, groundwater opportunities. Science 361, 453-455 (2018). [Link to article]
25. Jasechko, S. Plants turn on the tap. Nature Climate Change 8, 562-563 (2018). [Link to article]
24. Ferguson, G., McIntosh, J. C., Grasby, S. E., Hendry, M. J., Lindsay, M. B. J., Jasechko, S.,  Luijendijk, E. The persistence of brines in sedimentary basins. Geophysical Research Letters 45 (2018). [Link to article]
23. Ellis, J., Jasechko, S. Formation waters discharge to rivers near oil sands projects. Hydrological Processes 32, 533–549 (2018). [Link to article]
22. Hamel, P., Riveros-Iregui, D., Ballari, D., Browning, T., Célleri, R., Chandler, D., Chun, K., Destouni, G., Jacobs, S., Jasechko, S., Johnson, M., Krishnaswamy, J., Poca, M., Pompeu, P., Rocha, H. Watershed Services in the Humid Tropics: Opportunities from Recent Advances in Ecohydrology. Ecohydrology  e1921 (2017). [Link to article]
2017
21. Jasechko, S., Perrone, D. Hydraulic fracturing near domestic groundwater wells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 13138–13143 (2017). [Link to article]
20. Perrone, D., Jasechko, S. Dry groundwater wells in the western United States. Environmental Research Letters 12, 104002 (2017). [Link to open access article]
19. Befus, K., Jasechko, S., Luijendijk, E., Gleeson, T., Cardenas, M. B. The rapid yet uneven turnover of Earth's groundwater. Geophysical Research Letters 44, 5511-5520 (2017). [Link to article]
18. Jasechko, S., Perrone, D., Befus, K. M., Cardenas, M. B., Ferguson, G., Gleeson, T., Luijendijk, E., McDonnell, J. J., Taylor, R. G., Wada, Y., Kirchner, J. W. Global aquifers dominated by fossil groundwaters but wells vulnerable to modern contamination. Nature Geoscience 10, 425–429 (2017). [Link to article] [PDF]
17. Jasechko, S., Mayer, B., Wassenaar, L. I. Isotopic evidence for widespread cold-season-biased groundwater recharge and young streamflow across central Canada. Hydrological Processes 31, 2196–2209 (2017). [Link to article]
16. Wei, Z., Yoshimura, K., Wang, L., Miralles, D., Jasechko, S., Lee, X. Revisiting the contribution of transpiration to global terrestrial evapotranspiration. Geophysical Research Letters 44, 2792–2801 (2017). [Link to article]
2016
15. Jasechko, S. Late-Pleistocene precipitation δ18O interpolated across the global landmass. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17, 3274–3288 (2016). [Link to article] [PDF]
14. Jasechko, S. Partitioning young and old groundwater with geochemical tracers. Chemical Geology, 427, 35–42 (2016). [Link to article] [PDF] 
13. Jasechko, S., Kirchner, J. W., Welker, J. M., McDonnell, J. J. Substantial proportion of global streamflow less than three months old. Nature Geoscience 9, 126–129 (2016). [Link to article] [PDF]
*profiled in Nature Geoscience's focus entitled 'Inland waters under threat'
12. Gleeson, T., Befus, K., Jasechko, S., Luijendijk, E., Cardenas, M. B. The global volume and distribution of modern groundwater. Nature Geoscience, 9, 161–168 (2016). [Link to article] [PDF]
2015
11. Jasechko, S., Taylor, R. G. Intensive rainfall recharges tropical groundwaters. Environmental Research Letters 10, 124015 (2015). [Link to open access article] [PDF]
10. Jasechko, S., Lechler, A., Pausata, F. S. R., Fawcett, P. J., Gleeson, T., Cendon, D. I., Galewsky, J., LeGrande, A. N., Risi, C., Sharp, Z. D., Welker, J. M., Werner, M., Yoshimura, K. Late-glacial to late-Holocene shifts in global precipitation δ18O. Climate of the Past 11, 1375–1393 (2015). [Link to open access article] [PDF]
9. Evaristo, J., Jasechko, S., McDonnell, J. J. Global separation of plant transpiration from groundwater and streamflow. Nature, 525, 91–94 (2015). [Link to article] [PDF] 
8. Ferguson, G., Jasechko, S. The isotopic composition of the Laurentide ice sheet and fossil groundwater. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 4856–4861 (2015). [Link to article] [PDF] 
2014
7. Jasechko, S., Birks, S. J., Gleeson, T., Wada, Y., Fawcett, P. J., Sharp, Z. D., McDonnell, J. J., Welker, J. M. The pronounced seasonality of global groundwater recharge. Water Resources Research 50, 8845–8867 (2014). [Link to article] [PDF]
6. Jasechko, S., Gibson, J. J., Edwards, T. W. D. Stable isotope mass balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40, 336–346 (2014). [Link to article] [PDF] 
5. Schlesinger, W., Jasechko, S. Transpiration in the global water cycle. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 189-190, 115–117 (2014). [Link to article] [PDF] 
4. Gibson, J. J., Fennell, J., Birks, S. J., Yi, Y., Moncur, M., Hansen, B., Jasechko, S. Evidence of discharging saline formation water to the Athabasca River in the oil sands mining region, northern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50, 1244–1257 (2013). [Link to article] [PDF] 
prior to 2014
3. Jasechko, S., Sharp, Z. D., Gibson, J. J., Birks, S. J., Yi, Y., Fawcett, P. J. Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration. Nature, 496, 347–350 (2013). [Link to article] [PDF] 
2. Jasechko, S., Gibson, J. J., Birks, S. J., Yi, Y. Quantifying saline groundwater seepage to surface waters in the Athabasca oil sands region. Applied Geochemistry, 27, 2068–2076 (2012). [Link to article] [PDF] 
1. Wolfe, B. B., Light, E. M., Macrae, M. L., Hall, R. I., Eichel, K., Jasechko, S., White, J., Fishback, L., Edwards, T. W. D. Divergent hydrological responses to 20th century climate change in shallow tundra ponds, western Hudson Bay Lowlands. Geophysical Research Letters 38, L23402 (2011). [Link to article] [PDF]