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Mapping groundwater’s influence on the world’s oceans

Geology Page - June 3, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

Where Does Water Go When It Doesn’t Flow?

Geology Page - July 16, 2015

A third of the world’s biggest groundwater basins are in distress

Geology Page - June 17, 2015

Bacteria could help clean groundwater contaminated by uranium ore processing

Geology Page - June 17, 2015

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Flow in the asthenosphere drags tectonic plates along

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