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Marc F. P. Bierkens

Marc F. P. Bierkens

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Earth Science
Netherlands
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
85
Citations
42300
World Ranking
372
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Marc F. P. Bierkens is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their primary area of study lies within Environmental Science, with a focus on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Geochemistry and Petrology. Their research addresses various topics related to hydrology and water resource management.

The scientist's work encompasses the following main topics:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI

Marc F. P. Bierkens has contributed to numerous recent publications, including:

  • Country-level and gridded estimates of wastewater production, collection, treatment and reuse, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • Threats of global warming to the world's freshwater fishes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Global Groundwater Modeling and Monitoring: Opportunities and Challenges, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • Illuminating water cycle modifications and Earth system resilience in the Anthropocene, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision, 2020, One Earth

Prominent coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Bierkens include Michelle T. H. van Vliet, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Niko Wanders, Gualbert Oude Essink, and Rens van Beek.

The scientist's work has appeared in a range of publication venues. The most frequent are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water Resources Research
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Journal of Hydrology

Marc F. P. Bierkens was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Climate change will affect the Asian water towers.

    Walter W. Immerzeel;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek;Marc F. P. Bierkens

  • Ground water and climate change

    Richard G. Taylor;Bridget R. Scanlon;Petra Döll;Matt Rodell

  • Global depletion of groundwater resources

    Yoshihide Wada;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek;Cheryl M. van Kempen;Josef W. T. M. Reckman

  • Water balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint

    Tom Gleeson;Yoshihide Wada;Marc F. P. Bierkens;Ludovicus P. H. van Beek

  • Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation

    A. F. Lutz;W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;A. B. Shrestha;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Global drivers of future river flood risk

    Hessel C. Winsemius;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts;Ludovicus P.H. van Beek;Marc F.P. Bierkens

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water

    Eric F. Wood;Joshua K. Roundy;Tara J. Troy;L. P. H. van Beek

  • Global modeling of withdrawal, allocation and consumptive use of surface water and groundwater resources

    Y. Wada;D. Wisser;D. Wisser;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Impact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius on Asia’s glaciers

    P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink;M.F.P. Bierkens;A.F. Lutz;W.W. Immerzeel;W.W. Immerzeel

  • Large-scale monitoring of snow cover and runoff simulation in Himalayan river basins using remote sensing

    W.W. Immerzeel;P. Droogers;S.M. de Jong;M.F.P. Bierkens

  • Nonsustainable groundwater sustaining irrigation: A global assessment

    Yoshihide Wada;L. P. H. van Beek;Marc F. P. Bierkens

  • Environmental flow limits to global groundwater pumping

    Inge E. M. de Graaf;Inge E. M. de Graaf;Inge E. M. de Graaf;Tom Gleeson;L. P. H. (Rens) van Beek;Edwin H. Sutanudjaja

  • Global models underestimate large decadal declining and rising water storage trends relative to GRACE satellite data

    Bridget R. Scanlon;Zizhan Zhang;Himanshu Save;Alexander Y. Sun

  • Country-level and gridded estimates of wastewater production, collection, treatment and reuse

    Edward R. Jones;Michelle T. H. van Vliet;Manzoor Qadir;Marc F. P. Bierkens

  • Global monthly water stress: 1. Water balance and water availability

    L. P. H. van Beek;Yoshihide Wada;Marc F. P. Bierkens

  • PCR-GLOBWB 2: a 5 arcmin global hydrological and water resources model

    Edwin H. Sutanudjaja;Rens van Beek;Niko Wanders;Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada

  • Rising river flows throughout the twenty-first century in two Himalayan glacierized watersheds

    W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;F. Pellicciotti;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Global monthly water stress: 2. Water demand and severity of water stress

    Yoshihide Wada;L. P. H. van Beek;Daniel Viviroli;Daniel Viviroli;Hans H. Dürr

  • High-resolution monitoring of Himalayan glacier dynamics using unmanned aerial vehicles

    Walter Immerzeel;Walter Immerzeel;Walter Immerzeel;P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink;J.M. Shea;A.B. Shrestha

  • Hydrological response to climate change in a glacierized catchment in the Himalayas

    Walter W. Immerzeel;L. P. H. van Beek;M. Konz;A. B. Shrestha

  • Non-renewable groundwater use and groundwater depletion: a review

    Marc F P Bierkens;Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada

Frequent Co-Authors

L.P.H. van Beek
L.P.H. van Beek Utrecht University
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Walter W. Immerzeel
Walter W. Immerzeel Utrecht University
Niko Wanders
Niko Wanders Utrecht University
Hessel Winsemius
Hessel Winsemius Delft University of Technology
Martin J. Wassen
Martin J. Wassen Utrecht University
Stefan C. Dekker
Stefan C. Dekker Utrecht University
Peter Troch
Peter Troch University of Arizona
Dominik Wisser
Dominik Wisser University of Bonn
Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson University of Victoria

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