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AI development is happening so fast that experts are struggling to measure the exact growth rate. Such a blistering pace of growth comes at a high cost for residents in areas where AI data centers are located. Find out more https://www.bgr.com/2234051/data-centers-groundwater-pollution-explained/ read more...
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Researchers have identified two new species in the genus Bogidiella, small, shrimp-like amphipods that live in subterranean aquatic environments, from cave waters on the Ryukyu Islands, a subtropical island chain in southwestern Japan. Finding new species in unassuming settings brings light to further exploration and conservation efforts to preserve the unique... read more...
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Amidst predictions that Sri Lanka will have to face severe dry weather in the first quarter of 2027 due to the El Niño phenomenon, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) is taking steps to strengthen the groundwater section in addition to the surface water, NWSDB Chairman Chandana Bandara... read more...
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Water shortages and decades of intensive irrigation are increasingly straining groundwater reserves in Thessaly, one of Greece’s main agricultural regions, according to a University of Thessaly professor. Find out more Groundwater falls up to 60 metres in central Greece as farming strains reserves read more...
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This is according to scientists at the British Geological Survey (BGS), who say despite two-thirds of England and Wales currently experiencing drought, groundwater levels remain robust and, in some areas, higher than normal. Groundwater is stored in aquifers – layers of rock and sand beneath the surface – and supplies... read more...
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Recently, a government minister in the Northern Territory, pitching a plan to make Darwin “the data center capital of the globe,” suggested it might be a good idea to pump out groundwater to keep Earth’s spin steady. If we don’t, she said, we might risk “flipping the poles again.” Is she... read more...
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Data from nearly 43,000 monitoring points across 47 countries show that groundwater bodies are out of balance due to pumping and climate change. A few months before the next United Nations water conference, which is due to be held in the United Arab Emirates in December, a study by the... read more...
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The Blue Recharge project, between Italy and Croatia, focuses on an effective and less invasive technique for storing water than dams. And to incentivize it, it is developing “blue credits” based on carbon credits. Find out more Conserving the water beneath our feet: the Adriatic rediscovers groundwater recharge – OBCT read more...
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Aquifer-based geothermal systems can keep data centres cool by using groundwater as a giant natural “thermal battery”, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the US have published a study exploring whether aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) could offer a technically feasible solution for... read more...
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Scientists at the Australian Institute of Marine Science are quantifying the amount of groundwater flowing from the land to the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia to help understand the viability of blue carbon storage solutions to reduce the impacts of climate change. Find out more Groundwater flow could help unlock... read more...
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