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Brendan J J. Moran
Assistant Research Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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A Conceptual Model of Surface Water and Groundwater Disconnection in the High Elevation Argentine Puna: Implications for Streamflow Generation and Lithium Resource Development
AGU 2024
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Rachel King, David F. Boutt, Lee Ann Munk, Alexand...
Water scarcity is a critical factor in lithium resources exploration in the Puna Plateau in South America. This high-elevation, arid region is of high...
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Natural phenomena increase solute recycling and transport to a Li-bearing Argentine salar: additions to solute budgets in the hyper-arid high Andes
AGU 2024
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Aeon Russo, Brendan J J. Moran, Lee Ann Munk, Davi...
The timely extraction of lithium for use in batteries is essential to meet the worlds aggressive electrification timelines. A major portion of this gl...
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Water-Cycle Changes in the U.S. Northeast and their Impacts on Groundwater Recharge Timing and Distribution
AGU 2024
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Julianna Huba, David F. Boutt, Brendan J J. Moran,...
Moisture is being redistributed around the globe due to climate change, land-use change, and urbanization. Some regions are becoming wetter while othe...
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Disentangling Climate Change and Lithium Mining Impacts on Groundwater in the Salar de Atacama Basin: A Hybrid EOF-based and Machine Learning Approach
AGU 2024
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Nicole Blin, David F. Boutt, Brendan J J. Moran, L...
The Salar de Atacama basin in Chile, home to the world's largest lithium reserve, faces critical water resource challenges due to intensive mining act...
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Hydrological behavior reveals groundwater dependency of lakes in the lithium-rich basins of the Andean Altiplano
AGU 2024
hydrology | 10 december 2024
Sarah V. McKnight, Jordan Jenckes, Lee Ann Munk, B...
Surface water sustains ecosystems in arid and endorheic basins in the Altiplano, but the current understanding of surface water dynamics is insufficie...
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Quantifying Basin-Scale Water Availability in the High and Dry Andes of South America in the Context of Lithium Mining
ADVANCEMENTS IN WATERSHED MODELING TO SUPPORT WATER MANAGEMENT I POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Alexander Kirshen, Brendan J J. Moran, David F. Bo...
Lithium-ion batteries are a key component of the renewable energy transition. Demand for lithium is expected to increase as much as 40x over the comin...
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Identifying Groundwater Rise Risk Zones Through Numerical Modeling
ADVANCEMENTS IN MONITORING, MODELING, AND PREDICTION OF HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES AND THEIR ADAPTATIONS III POSTER
hydrology | 11 december 2023
Daniel Corkran, David F. Boutt, Brendan J J. Moran...
Climate modeling predicts that baseline annual precipitation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will swell by up to 13% by 2050 and up to 16% by the...
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Distinct hydrologic pathways regulate perennial surface water dynamics in a hyperarid basin
ADVANCES IN ECOHYDROLOGY OF WATER-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS II POSTER
hydrology | 11 december 2023
Sarah V. McKnight, David F. Boutt, Lee Ann Munk, B...
In the water-stressed, high-elevation basins of the Altiplano-Puna region, questions mount over the impacts climate-driven perturbations on groundwate...
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