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Small sinkholes viewable along the wall of a quarry
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Where the Ground Gives Way

by Danielle Beurteaux 5 September 20235 September 2023

Sinkholes are a significant hazard, but where are they most likely to happen? A new study identifies hot spots in the contiguous United States.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Using Cave Formations to Investigate Ancient Wildfires

by Micheline Campbell, Liza McDonough, Pauline C. Treble and Andy Baker 2 May 20231 May 2023

From sediment cores to speleothems, environmental archives are helping us to understand the history of wildfires.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

量化造林的碳储存潜力

by Benjamin Sulman 26 January 20237 June 2023

过去几十年,中国南方的造林项目在树木生物量中封存了大量的碳,但该地区的森林碳储存能力正接近饱和。

Map of the study area in southern China.
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Quantifying the Potential of Forestation for Carbon Storage

by Benjamin Sulman 26 January 20237 June 2023

Forestation projects in southern China over the past few decades have sequestered large amounts of carbon in tree biomass, but the region is approaching saturation of forest carbon storage capacity.

Topographic projection of a deep pit on Titan.
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Titanic Caves and Where to Find Them

by Laurent G. J. Montési 25 January 202324 January 2023

More than 21,000 pits, depressions, and closed valleys on Titan may provide access to underground voids or caves.

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 researcher stands above a large sinkhole, pouring green dye into draining water.
Posted inNews

Dyes and Isotopes Track Groundwater from Sink to Spring

by J. Besl 28 June 202124 August 2023

The hydraulic connection between a sinkhole and a natural spring—the longest and largest yet documented—could help reduce the guesswork in mapping karst aquifers.

A new study uses GPS data to trace how aquifers in karst affect deformation of the Eastern Alps
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Karst Groundwater Contributes to Deformation in Eastern Alps

by David Shultz 8 June 20181 November 2021

GPS data show compression and extension strains in the region resulting from changes in aquifer water levels.

Flowing groundwater created the cave passages in Parque Cavernas del Río Camuy in Puerto Rico.
Posted inScience Updates

Groundwater Contamination in Karst Regions Affects Human Health

by J. S. Herman, D. J. Vesper and E. K. Herman 20 July 20166 February 2023

Karst, Groundwater Contamination, and Public Health: Moving Beyond Case Studies; San Juan, Puerto Rico, 27 January to 1 February 2016

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