With the firestorms that swept through Southern California having gotten under control, state officials are turning their attention to an even more serious, long-term problem that will most likely affect not only California but several states. The concern: water.
Abul Hussam, who invented an arsenic-removing, point-of-use home water filter, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Heroes of the Environment for 2007.
The research team from the Geodynamics Department at the University of Granada and the Spanish Institute of Geology and Mining has studied the hydrogeology of the karst aquifers in the
As sea levels rise, coastal communities could lose up to 50 percent more of their fresh water supplies than previously thought, according to a new study.
A project to learn more about extracting energy from hot rocks on land should give clues about "black smokers," hydrothermal vents that belch superheated water and minerals deep below the ocean. The project's aim is to drill deep boreholes to learn more about processes in deep, hot rocks, with the goal of producing more energy from a single geothermal well.
Controlling ground water is necessary to preserve an ancient Egyptian site. Soil and ground water readings and seismic measurements have led researchers to believe there may be even greater archeological treasures to be found. They are considering various drilling and pumping procedures to limit the water damage and enable further discovery.
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