Falling groundwater tables could heat the land surface, study finds
A new physics-based study links shallow groundwater declines to predicted ground surface warming of over ten degrees in some conditions.
Tag: groundwater management
Ancient Ice Age Water Still Flows Beneath an Italian Plain, New Survey Finds
A 30-year analysis of 1,210 groundwater samples from 103 wells in northeastern Italy identifies three chemically distinct water families, including ...
First Hydrogeological Map Reveals Hidden Aquifers of Northern Afghanistan
Researchers have produced the first comprehensive hydrogeological maps and conceptual groundwater model for northern Takhar province, Afghanistan, delineating three aquifer ...
Rice fields are quietly poisoning Sardinia’s drinking water with sea salt
A detailed variable-density groundwater model of the Muravera Plain in Sardinia reveals that rice-field irrigation, not drinking-water abstraction, is the ...
Ancient Water, Modern Thirst: Isotopes Reveal the Mekong Delta Is Pumping Fossil Groundwater Faster Than Nature Can Replace It
Isotopic analysis shows that fresh groundwater in Vietnam's heavily pumped Mekong Delta aquifer fell as rain 12,000 to 32,000 years ...
Coastal Brine Pumping Reshapes Seawater Intrusion in China’s Weibei Plain
A three-dimensional variable-density model of China's Weibei Plain reveals that coordinated cuts in freshwater pumping and controlled increases in coastal ...
Satellite-Driven Maps Reveal Where Hidden Water Lies Beneath Brazil’s Drought-Stricken Northeast
A new GIS-based study maps groundwater potential across Brazil's semi-arid Grande River Basin, revealing that the most favorable recharge zones ...
Underground Walls That Save Island Water Can Backfire as Climate Stress Shifts
New simulations based on San Salvador Island in The Bahamas show that subsurface cutoff walls protect island freshwater lenses against ...
Satellites and Machine Learning Reveal Hidden Water Use Patterns in California Farms
A new PLOS Water study combines Sentinel-2 satellite data, OpenET evapotranspiration estimates, and unsupervised machine learning to reveal 13 distinct ...
Underground Barriers Could Unlock Safer Groundwater Pumping on Coasts, New Math Shows
French researchers have developed fast semi-analytical equations that predict how underground barriers and pumping wells reshape the freshwater–seawater interface in ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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