Alarming Threat: New Research Reveals That U.S. Groundwater Is Getting Saltier
For over thirty years, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have been tracking the quality of groundwater in wells throughout the nation. Their focus has been…
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Study Confirms That Common Fertilizer Compound Can Release Uranium Into Groundwater
An experiment has reinforced the connection between contaminants. Eight years ago, the data was robust but only suggestive, and the evidence was strong but circumstantial….
Rare Crustacean, Thought To Be Extinct, Found in a 2500-Foot-Long Cave
A cave inside Huntsville’s city was discovered to contain a small, rare crayfish that was previously believed to be extinct. A team led by an…
Startling Finding: The Majority of Nigerian Drinking Water Is Contaminated With Microplastics
A new study investigates whether microplastics are pervasive in Nigerian drinking water About 90% of the drinking water in Nigeria comes from boreholes, which are…
NASA’s GRACE Mission Reveals Major Shifts in Global Freshwater
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists have combined an array of NASA satellite observations of Earth with data on human activities to map locations where freshwater…
NASA Study Provides New Estimates for the Global Water Cycle
A newly published study from NASA helps answer questions about droughts, flooding, and how much water is on the move and where it is going….
GRACE Reveals That a Third of Big Groundwater Basins Are in Distress
Using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites, two new studies reveal that about one third of Earth’s largest groundwater basins are being…