News
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In recent decades, aquaculture has proliferated in Armenia’s Ararat Valley. The heightened use of water, combined with a warming climate and increased drought, has led to groundwater reserves shrinking by two-thirds, once-bountiful farms withering, and wells going dry. Find out more https://e360.yale.edu/features/armenia-fish-farms-groundwater-agriculture read more...
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After devastating wildfires ravaged through Indonesia’s tropical peatlands in 2015 and left more than $16 billion in damages, the country launched an ambitious plan to restore this key ecosystem. This is part of the government’s climate strategy. The definition of “restoration” is taken to be when groundwater levels have been... read more...
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The IAH 2023 Annual Congress is just around the corner. See the latest news, preliminary programme and important updates in the recent Congress Newsletter. REMINDER: Register by 21 August 2023! Find out more Read newsletter Go to the Congress website read more...
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Our August newsletter is now online, highlighting our upcoming congress in Cape Town and latest news and updates from the IAH and our Commissions, Networks and National Chapters. We are happy to consider possible news articles from our members and others in groundwater-related professions. We also accept commercial advertisements. All... read more...
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The Indo-Gangetic plain, which has stratified layers of sand and clay, is highly prone to subsidence from over-exploitation of groundwater. When the amount of groundwater extracted year after year is so much more than the rainfall that recharges the aquifer, the land can collapse and subside. Groundwater extraction has also... read more...
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Abstract submissions are invited to the AGU Fall 2023 meeting session H040. Climate proofing our water supply through upscaling managed aquifer recharge. The AGU Fall 2023 meeting will take place between Dec. 11-15, 2023 in San Francisco in person and on line anywhere. Abstract is due by Aug. 1, 2023.... read more...
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More than half of South Africa’s population relies on groundwater for its water supply, but a failure to secure the skills needed for the management of this critical resource at a local government level is threatening our ability to respond to the impacts of climate change and other drivers of... read more...
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William (Bill) E. Wilson, the first Technical Editor of Hydrogeology Journal William (Bill) E. Wilson, the first Technical Editor of the IAH international journal, Hydrogeology Journal, passed away recently, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Bill (June 4, 1934 – April 18, 2023) was a very kind and... read more...
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Experts believe that rainfall deficit is just one of many reasons behind the depletion of groundwater levels in Malnad and Coastal Karnataka, where water was easily available in the past. Deforestation, concretisation, over-exploitation of groundwater for agriculture and poor rainwater harvesting systems are equal culprits. As a result, even places... read more...
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Vajinder Kumar, a Chemist at Akal University, reports that ‘Malwa is known as the cancer belt of Punjab’. Many residents also suffer from other conditions linked to water contaminated with excess fluoride and arsenic. Fluorosis is characterised by dental and crippling bone problems, while arsenicosis or arsenic poisoning is characterised... read more...
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