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Monitoring equipment sits atop a well.
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Groundwater Levels Are Dropping Around the World

by Katherine Bourzac 14 February 202414 February 2024

Well data from around the world show declines driven by water use and climate change.

Foto de una casa que es más baja por un lado que por otro. La casa está cubierta de graffitis.
Posted inNews

La extracción de agua subterránea está causando el hundimiento de la CDMX

by Humberto Basilio 12 December 202314 December 2023

Investigadores aseguran que saber cuánta agua está siendo extraída es crucial para resolver la crisis de infraestructura y de abastecimiento de agua en la capital.

Photo of a bell pepper plant experiment
Posted inEditors' Vox

Air Flow Dynamics in Wet Soils: Challenges and Knowledge Gaps

by Ilan Ben-Noah 6 July 20235 July 2023

Modeling air flow in wet porous media relies on quantifying the combined role of fluid and media properties and flow dynamics on the microscale displacement mechanisms and macroscale unstable flow.

Photo of a house that is lower on one side than another. The house is covered in graffiti.
Posted inNews

Groundwater Pumping Is Causing Mexico City to Sink

by Humberto Basilio 5 May 202312 December 2023

Researchers say knowing how much water is being extracted is crucial for addressing infrastructure and water supply crises in the capital.

Diagrams showing the two effects of water storage change can be sensed by GPS.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

GPS Observations Sense Groundwater Change in Australia

by Annette Eicker 20 April 202319 April 2023

By exploiting the fact that changes in groundwater cause deformations of the Earth’s surface, GPS receivers are used to detect groundwater changes related to extreme events and to seasonal oscillations.

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.
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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.

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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.

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