Suggested Citation: "3 Research Frontiers in Characterizing Groundwater Aquifers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Groundwater Recharge and Flow: Approaches and ...

Groundwater is the largest source of freshwater, one of the world's most precious natural resources and vital for crops and drinking water. It is found under our very feet in the cracks and pores in ...

Groundwater provides drinking water for millions of Americans and is the primary source of water to irrigate cropland in many of the nations most productive agricultural settings. Although the ...

Prior to the earthquake, Kumamoto City area groundwater had broad stable isotopic compositional features that included low elevation mountain springs, recharge area soil waters, and Shirakawa river ...

A team has mapped a huge, actively circulating groundwater system in deep sediments in West Antarctica. They say such systems, probably common in Antarctica, may have as-yet unknown implications for ...

Kumamoto City is blessed with rich greenery and abundant groundwater. The city, in central Kyushu, the largest southern island of Japan, supplies all of its 730,000 citizens with drinking water from ...

Water security is essential for the sustainability of healthy human populations, economic growth, and the stability of communities and nations. Approximately 30% of all freshwater on Earth exists as ...