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An illustrated scientific diagram shows how groundwater interacts with the rest of the water cycle.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

El agua subterránea se repone mucho más rápido de lo que pensaban los científicos

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 30 January 202330 January 2023

Un nuevo modelo basado en el clima indica que los científicos podrían haber subestimado la importancia del agua subterránea para mantener los ríos y la vida vegetal.

An illustrated scientific diagram shows how groundwater interacts with the rest of the water cycle.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Groundwater Replenishes Much Faster Than Scientists Previously Thought

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 20 December 202220 December 2022

A new climate-based model indicates that scientists may be underestimating groundwater’s importance in sustaining streams and plant life.

Diagrams from the paper showing monitoring locations.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Using Big Data for Monitoring Network Design and Beyond

by Stefan Kollet 5 December 202229 November 2022

Large data sets can be generated using deep learning to improve the design of observation networks for monitoring subsurface flow and transport.

Photograph of 2 people floating on the Madison Blue spring in northern Florida.
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Importance of Springs and Why Humanity Needs to Protect Them

by Matthew J. Currell and Brian G. Katz 30 November 202230 November 2022

A new book explores why springs are critical for humanity and ecosystems, the threats they are facing, and how we can act now to protect and restore them.

An aerial view of the skyline of Los Angeles.
Posted inNews

Reaching New Levels in Groundwater Monitoring

by Caroline Hasler 3 November 20223 November 2022

As regions around the world face record-breaking droughts, researchers are using seismology to track groundwater levels and show that sustainable policies reduce strain on aquifers.

Diagrams from the paper that show a representation of the pore pressure change and well water level in a semi-confined aquifer due to Earth tide strains.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Modeling Groundwater Responses to Earth Tides

by Beatriz Quintal 19 October 202217 October 2022

Tidal fluctuations in water well levels can reveal characteristics of the subsurface, and a new model based on coupled physics delineates the limitations of inherently simplistic analytical solutions.

Scientists take groundwater samples at a karst aquifer field site.
Posted inNews

Groundwater May Fix as Much Carbon as Some Ocean Surface Waters

by Carolyn Wilke 28 July 20227 September 2022

Microbes from wells as deep as 90 meters created organic carbon at a rate that overlaps with some nutrient-poor spots in the ocean.

A map of central Mexico that uses different colors to show variations of arsenic concentrations in groundwater.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Protecting Children’s Health Can Benefit the Economy

by Avner Vengosh 6 July 202228 February 2023

A new study presents an integrated approach to predicting the human health impacts, economic implications, and remediation solutions for using contaminated groundwater in Central Mexico.

Oleoducto en el sitio de derrame de petróleo Bemidji en Minnesota
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Los microbios podrían comer minerales magnéticos en un sitio de derrame de petróleo

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 7 June 20227 June 2022

Nuevos experimentos en un antiguo sitio de derrames de petróleo en Minnesota sugieren que los procesos no biológicos por sí solos no pueden explicar la disminución de la magnetización.

Installation of new pipeline through the Bemidji oil spill site in Minnesota
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Microbes Might Munch Magnetic Minerals at Oil Spill Site

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 19 May 20227 June 2022

New experiments at an old oil spill site in Minnesota suggest that nonbiological processes alone may not account for decreased magnetization.

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