Concentrations of the known carcinogen radium – a naturally-occurring, radioactive chemical – in aquifers exceeds limits deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) throughout the eastern seaboard of the United States, as well as in central regions of the country.
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15 February 2012
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A technology originally developed for spacecraft investigating the Red Planet is now being used for the identification of underground aquifers here on Earth. Such structures, buried deep beneath the planet's surface, have never been investigated with radar sounding technology before.
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15 September 2011
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A team of investigators from the University of Cambridge has recently discovered that a simple chemical reaction can make all the difference in determining how carbon dioxide spreads through underground aquifers.
Geologists define an aquifer as a layer of permeable rock or unconsolidated material that contains wat... |
7 May 2011
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Over the past few years, evidence has been mounting that the Red Planet once featured flowing water on its surface, as well as a large ocean in its northern hemisphere. Now, a new study shows that reservoirs of liquid water may exist right beneath the surface.The international science group that conducted the investi... |
29 November 2010
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According to the results of a new study conducted by experts at the US Geological Survey (USGS), it would appear that streams and aquifers in the country are in very poor condition.The new document cross-referenced nitrogen and phosphorus levels measured in 2010 with the ones measured in the early, and determined tha... |
24 September 2010
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According to experts at the American space agency, the main aquifers in California, and the Sierra Nevada mountains have lost enough freshwater since 2003 to fill Lake Mead, which is the largest water reservoir in the United States. The study also reveals that, unless steps to mitigate these phenomena are taken quick... |
16 December 2009
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Switzerland is famous around the world for its large number of pristine lakes, which look as if they have never been touched by human hands. Even the landscape around is so beautiful that it makes anyone visiting the regions assume that the water in the lakes couldn't be anything else than 100 percent pure stuff... |
13 May 2009
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Aquifers are extremely valuable natural resources, especially considering the water shortage that the world will be faced with shortly. These natural formations are just rocks that are able to store huge quantities of fresh water, about 100 times more than all rivers on the surface, at any given time. Because of thei... |
25 October 2008
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