Warren W. Wood

Warren W. Wood (BS, MS, and Ph.D., MSU) Formally John Hannah Professor of Integrated Studies and Christensen Fellow at St. Catherines College Oxford University currently Visiting Professor of Geosciences at Michigan State University; Adjunct Professor, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia; and Scientist Emeritus with the U. S. Geological Survey. During 40 years with the USGS, Wood  served as Project Chief, hydrodynamic dispersion, Assistant Chief, radioactive waste, Geochemist, for the High Plains artificial recharge project, and a Hydrogeologist for the Michigan District. From 1978 -1981 he was Associate Professor at Texas Tech University. His research interests have been largely in the geochemistry and hydrogeology of arid areas.

#**RECENT PUBLICATIONS**

##**Editorials**

**Yu, K., Gies, E., and Wood, W. W.,2025,** we need to restore our Sponge Planet to solve climate change. Nature Water, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00355-x


**Wood, W. W., 2023,** Shallow brines, an enigmatic story; Hydrogeology Journal https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-023-02608-7


**Wood, W. W. and Cherry, J. A., 2021,** Food Security and Inaccurate Quantification of Groundwater Irrigation Use; Groundwater v. 59, no. 6, p 782-783. doi: 10.1111/gwat.13122.

**WOOD, W. W., 2020,** Groundwater “durability “not “suitability”; Groundwater, v. 58, No. 6, p. 1-2 https://ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/gwat.13032


##**Books**

**Wood, W.W., 2025.** Hydrogeochemistry – A journey of discovery. The Groundwater Project. 279p. https://doi.org/10.62592/VKTX1330.


**Wood,, W. W., 2021,** A Conceptual Overview of Surface and Near-Surface Brines and Evaporite Minerals; The Groundwater Project, 37 p. ISBN: 978-1-77470-021-1, https://books.gw-project.org/a-conceptual-overview-of-surface-and-near-surface-brines-and-evaporite-minerals/


##**Journal Publications**


**WOOD, W.W., SANFORD, W.E., CHERRY, J.A. AND WOOD, W.T., 2025,** Global Groundwater Carbon Mass Flux and the Myth of Atmospheric Weathering. Groundwater, 63: 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13457

**WOOD, W.W., SANFORD, W. E., CHERRY, J. A., and WOOD, W.T., 2023,** Wrecking the Rocks, Continental Weathering by Groundwater; Geology, 51, 1122–1126 https://doi.org/10.1130/G51571.1

**WOOD, W.W., SANFORD, W. E., CHERRY, J. A., HYNDMAN, D. W., and WOOD, W.T., 2023,** Global nitrogen mass flux from the active freshwater aquifer element pool. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37, e2023GB007878. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB007878 

**WOOD, W. W., SMEDLEY, P. L., LINDSEY, B. D., WOOD, W. T., KIRCHHEIM, R. E., and CHERRY, J A., 2022,** Global Groundwater Solute Composition and Concentrations; Groundwater, Volume 60, Issue 6, Pages 714-720. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13205. First published online: 03 May 2022, p. 1-7

**WOOD, W. W., and MACUMBER, P. G., 2022,** Altithermal Climate Change and Groundwater Development; Groundwater First published online: 07 March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13191