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Tag: geology

How Old is the Water We Drink?
August 10, 2023

How Old is the Water We Drink?

Photo: Cozine/Shutterstock Back in 2016, geologists from the University of Toronto announced they had discovered water at the bottom of...

Plastic Rocks Found On Remote Volcanic Island Are A “Terrifying” Discovery
March 19, 2023

Plastic Rocks Found On Remote Volcanic Island Are A “Terrifying” Discovery

Photo: “Plastic rocks” found on Trindade Island in the state of Espirito Santo is seen at the laboratory of the...

Deciphering Water, Stone, and Movement
February 23, 2021

Deciphering Water, Stone, and Movement

In 2017, Jorge welcomed me to the headquarters of Costa Rica’s underground water agency. His supervisor had asked him to...

World population facing water stress could ‘double’ by 2050
June 6, 2020

World population facing water stress could ‘double’ by 2050

The number of people exposed to water stress could double by 2050 if efforts are not made to keep global...

A great water partner? An agency named geology: USGS
March 25, 2018

A great water partner? An agency named geology: USGS

Who’s this, hard at work assessing water resources? [Metropolitan Planning Council] uses research and data from the U.S. Geological Survey...

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