Home Groundwater

Groundwater

Latest

These are figures from the Nature Geoscience groundwater aquifer paper. Credit: Wallis et al

River-groundwater hot spot for arsenic

Geology Page - April 10, 2020

Credit: MARCAN

Under-sea freshwater reserves found near Canterbury

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

As groundwater depletes, arid American West is moving east

Groundwater

Mapping groundwater’s influence on the world’s oceans

This is Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, USA. Credit: R.A. Schweickert et al.

Underwater surveys in Emerald Bay reveal the nature and activity of Lake Tahoe faults

Measures of land Subsidence in San Joaquin Valley. Credit: USGS

Western droughts caused permanent loss to major California groundwater source

Geology Page - March 19, 2019

Groundwater well levels dropped several meters at most of the 1600 observation wells across the Central Valley, from 2007-2010.

Scientists use satellites to measure vital underground water resources

Geology Page - July 28, 2018

$West Virginia groundwater not affected by fracking, but surface water is$

West Virginia groundwater not affected by fracking, but surface water is

Geology Page - April 24, 2017

As sea level rises, much of Honolulu and Waikiki vulnerable to...

Geology Page - April 5, 2017

Legends of the lost reservoirs

Geology Page - March 29, 2017

Deep groundwater aquifers respond rapidly to climate variability

Geology Page - February 9, 2017

Groundwater helium level could signal potential risk of earthquake

Geology Page - November 30, 2016

$Study links groundwater changes to fracking$

Study links groundwater changes to fracking

Geology Page - November 15, 2016

New maps reveal safe locations for wastewater injection

Geology Page - November 11, 2016

Researchers have uncovered previously hidden sources of ocean pollution

Geology Page - August 5, 2016

$Can fluids from fracking escape into groundwater$

Can fluids from fracking escape into groundwater

Geology Page - May 17, 2016

How much does groundwater contribute to sea level rise?

Geology Page - May 3, 2016

$Groundwater quality changes alongside expansion of hydraulic fracturing$

Groundwater quality changes alongside expansion of hydraulic fracturing

Geology Page - April 27, 2016

Test aims to identify shale gas hazard in groundwater

Geology Page - April 23, 2016

Storing Extra Surface Water Boosts Groundwater Supply During Droughts

Geology Page - April 1, 2016

How Climate Change Will Affect Western Groundwater

Geology Page - February 29, 2016

Ground water storage helped offset sea level rise, study says

Geology Page - February 12, 2016

Scientists solve mystery of arsenic release into groundwater

Geology Page - December 5, 2015

Study is first to map Earth’s hidden groundwater

Geology Page - November 17, 2015

California drought causing valley land to sink

Geology Page - August 20, 2015

12 Page 1 of 2

MOST POPULAR

Minerals are visible in rock samples from the coast of Oman. Scientists said these rocks may reveal new information about subduction, an important tectonic process on Earth. Credit: Joshua Garber / Penn State.

Mineral dating reveals new clues about important tectonic process

February 18, 2022

Creating a stopwatch for volcanic eruptions

July 2, 2015

two largest earthquakes

Earthquakes that talk to each other

June 3, 2019

New Research Finds Amazonian Natives Had Little Impact on Land

October 28, 2015

MORE ARTICLES

Early Earth may have been ice cold

Victoria Falls, Africa.

Great magma eruptions had two sources

The drumlins were formed by fast-moving ice floes instead of slow melting ice. Credit: WVU

Researchers unearth an ice age in the African desert

Predicting coral reef futures under climate change