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Climate change 'attacks' the Volta delta
The Volta Delta is located in West Africa, home to 24 million people in 6 countries
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Radiation detection is 10 times higher in Japan
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced on July 7 that it has detected triti radioactive toxins with high concentrations in groundwater at Fukushima nuclear power…
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50% of the world's population lacks fresh water by 2050
Half of the world's 9 billion people may face a shortage of freshwater by 2050, if governments fail to cooperate in protecting water resources.
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28,000 rivers in China disappear
In the last 20 years, 28,000 Chinese rivers have disappeared, equaling 50% of the total number of rivers in the world's most populous country. Excessive resource exploit…
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'Aliens' cave mystery in Australia
During a dive in the groundwater at Nullarbor, a group of divers discovered a strange cave with a smiley face. This strange cave has also quickly attracted the attention…
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Hawaii is gradually falling.
The mountains on Oahu island of the Hawaiian Islands (USA) are being disintegrated gradually from the root under the slow but terrible impact of groundwater flows.
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Why does sea level rise faster than forecast?
Why sea levels are rising faster than expected: estimates of future sea levels may be too low.
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Exploiting groundwater causing earthquakes?
The exploitation of groundwater has contributed to an earthquake in southeastern Spain last year that killed nine people, according to a new study published today by geo…
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Discover 10,000-year-old precious groundwater
The newly discovered groundwater source, Ohangwena II, has been around for 10,000 years, flowing below the border between Angola and Namibia. This water source covers a…
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Vietnamese groundwater resources decline
The Center for Water Resources Monitoring and Forecasting has announced the results of monitoring groundwater resources in 2011 in the Northern Delta, North Central, Sou…
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Detects large groundwater resources near the Sahara Desert
Scientists say that in some North African countries with large areas such as Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Sudan, the volume of groundwater is believed to be the largest. Th…
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Africa lies on a huge underground water tank
British scientists say that the dry continent of Africa lies on a giant groundwater tank, with a volume of over 100 times the surface water. However, extensive well-dril…
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Leaked more than a dozen tons of radioactive water in Japan
Tons of radioactive water have been detected leaking into the groundwater system below the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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48 US nuclear power plants leak tritium
Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, has leaked into groundwater from at least 48 of the 65 nuclear power plants in the United States.
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HCMC faces the risk of land collapse and lack of fresh water
According to the latest data, the groundwater level in Ho Chi Minh City has dropped to a depth of -46m. Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Ky, head of the Department of Geo…