Adaptation plans don’t account for groundwater in shallow coastal aquifers, which can rise with sea levels, increasing the risk of flooding and damage.
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An Australian politician says pumping groundwater might save Earth from ‘flipping the poles’. What’s she on about?
A new continent-wide map is helping identify where Africa’s groundwater can support drinking water and irrigation. Monitoring boreholes tracks aquifer health.
Years of industrial expansion have boosted water demand, with no new sources coming online since 2016. Desalination and reclaiming sewage wastewater are among the current options.
South Africa is moving to regulate groundwater more tightly as demand and climate pressures grow, but the draft rules still fall short in important ways.
A new report shows nitrate contamination has been worsening at more than a third of monitored groundwater sites – likely because of human activities.
Over 100,000 water handpumps in rural sub-Saharan Africa are broken, leaving millions without safe water. Regular maintenance is cheaper than repairs.
South Africa’s driest regions rely on groundwater, which dries up as the climate warms. Replenishing aquifers with excess rainfall may be a solution.
For too long, Indigenous perspectives have not been heard in groundwater science. We must work together to protect Australia’s precious groundwater.
Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
Immigration isn’t the only hot-button issue along the US-Mexico border. There’s also a growing water shortage that’s affecting farmers, businesses and cities on both sides.
In Canada, groundwater is generally abundant and lakes are ubiquitous. But the exchanges between groundwater and lakes are complex and often invisible.
Jordanians now only have access to publicly distributed water a day and a half a week – prompting many to turn to illegal markets.
Groundwater sustains life, from farming to wild animals. But we don’t fully know how quickly it recharges.
Groundwater is the largest source of unfrozen freshwater on the planet. Even though it’s underground, climate change is heating this reservoir up.
Hard water might dry out your hair and skin − but having hard water isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
There’s been an increase in the amount of runoff generated from rainfall as land is altered by settlement and deforestation.
Declining precipitation, climate change and governance failures will drive water flow scarcity in 2024 with serious implications across Western Canada.
We’ve known about dryland salinity for a century. But while we’ve made progress, the problem hasn’t yet been solved.
A new study shows how thawing permafrost and intensifying storms will change how water moves into and through Arctic rivers.
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Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Griffith University
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