Modeling groundwater in a changing climate: A review of advanced machine learning solutions

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 708, 2026 7^th International Conference on Smart Applications and Water Information Systems: “Intelligent Systems, Geospatial Technologies and Modeling for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources” (SAWIS 2025)


Article Number		01001
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Climate Change, Hydrology, and Water Resources
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202670801001
Published online		30 April 2026

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