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Rastreando Los Misteriosos Manantiales Del Gran Cañón

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 20 March 202016 July 2025

Mejorar los modelos ayudará a proteger una fuente crucial de agua potable para ambos bordes del Parque Nacional del Gran Cañón.

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Researchers Quantify a Seeded Snowpack

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 11 March 202028 February 2023

In Idaho, three hour-long cloud-seeding events created the snow equivalent of about 282 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of water.

A pipeline stretches across a flowing river in a small canyon.
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Tracking the Grand Canyon’s Mysterious Springs

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 24 February 202016 July 2025

Improved modeling will help protect a crucial drinking water source for both rims of Grand Canyon National Park.

Anthropologists set up a total station to study a Khmer city complex.
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Poor Water Management Implicated in Failure of Ancient Khmer Capital

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 3 February 20203 November 2022

Researchers used remote sensing technologies to map Koh Ker’s buried reservoir and calculate its capacity to hold water during the rainy season.

Stalks of corn beneath a blue sky
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Some Plans to Reverse Climate Change Could Double Water Use

by J. Kathan 30 January 202018 October 2021

Researchers say full-scale deployment of negative emissions technologies would lead to major changes in global usage of water, land, and energy.

Irrigation machinery sprays water on the green vegetation of a mango farm in South Africa.
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Minireservoirs Could Save Farmers with Sandy Soils

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 29 January 202031 October 2022

A recently revived subsurface water retention technology could conserve water and drastically increase crop yields in arid landscapes with sandy soils like sub-Saharan Africa.

An image of villagers from Huamantanga constructing a shallow stone canal to divert water down a hillside
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Pre-Inca Canal System Uses Hillsides as Sponges to Store Water

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 30 December 201915 October 2021

To prepare for a drier future on Peru’s western coast, researchers are turning to techniques of the past.

A gloved hand holds a test tube of water above a flowing river.
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Modeling How Groundwater Pumping Will Affect Aquatic Ecosystems

Adityarup Chakravorty, freelance science writer by Adityarup Chakravorty 15 November 201918 October 2021

Regions with dry climates and heavy agricultural industries may be the most hard-hit.

Water flows from a pipe at an oasis in the Saudi desert.
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Arid Arabian Peninsula Is Tapping into Vast Groundwater Reserves

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 5 November 201925 August 2022

A new, multipronged study sheds light on an ancient aquifer system.

Maps showing flooding near Houston after Hurricane Harvey in 2017
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Future Remote Sensing Mission Holds Promise for Flood Monitoring

by Valeriy Ivanov 28 October 20191 December 2022

The 2021 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will measure water surface elevation, slopes, and inundations of rivers as narrow as 50 meters.

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