In Idaho, three hour-long cloud-seeding events created the snow equivalent of about 282 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of water.
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Tracking the Grand Canyon’s Mysterious Springs
Improved modeling will help protect a crucial drinking water source for both rims of Grand Canyon National Park.
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Poor Water Management Implicated in Failure of Ancient Khmer Capital
Researchers used remote sensing technologies to map Koh Ker’s buried reservoir and calculate its capacity to hold water during the rainy season.
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Some Plans to Reverse Climate Change Could Double Water Use
Researchers say full-scale deployment of negative emissions technologies would lead to major changes in global usage of water, land, and energy.
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Minireservoirs Could Save Farmers with Sandy Soils
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.
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Pre-Inca Canal System Uses Hillsides as Sponges to Store Water
To prepare for a drier future on Peru’s western coast, researchers are turning to techniques of the past.
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Modeling How Groundwater Pumping Will Affect Aquatic Ecosystems
Regions with dry climates and heavy agricultural industries may be the most hard-hit.
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Arid Arabian Peninsula Is Tapping into Vast Groundwater Reserves
A new, multipronged study sheds light on an ancient aquifer system.
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Future Remote Sensing Mission Holds Promise for Flood Monitoring
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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Hydrological Footprint of Atmospheric Rivers on Land
Atmospheric rivers that make landfall in the western United States have significant impacts on the surface water balance, sharpening the seasonality of water resources in coastal watersheds.