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Listening to Groundwater Dynamics

by Stefan Kollet 10 March 20257 March 2025

Deep learning from shallow passive seismic data reveals groundwater table depth information in space and time.

A plume water spouts high into the air from a well drilled in arid-looking ground beside water trucks and drilling equipment emblazoned with “UN.”
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Deep Groundwater Might Be a Sustainable Solution to the Water Crisis

by Claudia Bertoni, Fridtjov Ruden, Elizabeth Quiroga Jordan and Helene Ruden 27 February 202524 April 2025

Scientists are finding fresh groundwater buried deep underground, but questions remain about the scale of these resources, how they’re resupplied, and whether they can be used sustainably.

Una masa de agua de color aguamarina en un paisaje desértico. El borde del agua tiene material cristalizado de color blanco.
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Nevada tiene montones de litio. Esta es la razón.

by Evan Howell 7 January 20257 January 2025

Nevada se está convirtiendo en un gran productor de litio, gracias a la topografía, el clima y la serendipia geológica.

A hand in a blue glove holds a plastic cup out to catch a stream of water.
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Nebraska High Schoolers Test Well Water Quality

by Emily Dieckman 11 December 202417 December 2024

The Know Your Well program gives high school students experience in hands-on STEM research while providing community members information about their water quality.

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How Does Subsurface Lithology Speak to Hillslope Morphology?

by Erkan Istanbulluoglu 5 November 20245 November 2024

Subsurface flow hydrology connects soils and bedrock lithology to long-term catchment evolution in humid landscapes.

An aquamarine body of water in a desert landscape. The water’s edge has white crystallized material.
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Nevada Has Loads of Lithium. Here’s Why.

by Evan Howell 31 October 202428 March 2025

Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.

A road runs through a neighborhood; the road is warped and covered with black tarp and orange sandbags in some places.
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Rancho Palos Verdes Landslides Have Residents Seeking Science

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 3 October 20243 October 2024

Residents of Rancho Palos Verdes are looking to the scientific community for help in understanding the slow-moving landslides that are destroying their community.

A desert landscape vegetated by dry grass and shrubs.
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Fiber-Optic Cables Used to Measure Changing Soil Moisture

by Caroline Hasler 10 September 202410 September 2024

Scientists are using seismic techniques to measure soil moisture. Their results show that recent droughts in California depleted water in the shallow subsurface.

Satellite view of rectangular evaporation ponds used for lithium mining located amid a bright white salt flat.
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Concerns over Lithium, Water, and Climate in Earth’s Two Highest Deserts

by Lan Cuo 27 August 202427 May 2025

Brine mining to meet resource demands amid renewable energy transitions is affecting water resources in South America and China. Hydrologists can help understand how and join the search for solutions.

A dry forest region at the São Francisco do Mainã community near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Many Forests in One: A Glimpse into the Amazon’s Diversity

by Meghie Rodrigues 7 August 20247 August 2024

In some areas of the Amazon rainforest, trees green up as a response to drought, while in others they die off. Scientists are trying to understand why.

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