The Cascade Mountains Have Been Hiding a Precious Natural Resource. A Research Team Just Found It.
The American West is hungry for water, and scientists just found a previously unmapped aquifer three times the size of Lake ...
X-ray of the earth: Confidential oil data shows where vital water sources lie in Africa
Unlocking seismic data could aid the search for fresh groundwater in Africa, where water scarcity affects two-thirds of the ...
Massive Aquifer Beneath Oregon’s Cascades Could Be the Largest in the World
The hidden water reservoir is shockingly larger than previously thought—holding more than half the volume of Lake Tahoe.
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Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead
An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the ...
Hidden 'Continental-Size Lake' Discovered in Oregon
The subterranean aquifer lurking in the mountains contains three times as much water as Lake Mead at full capacity.
Scientists just found 21 trillion gallons of water north of the Calif. border
North of the California border, scientists just found 21 trillion gallons of water hiding in the cracks of volcanic rock.
Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining
A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² ...
Researchers find huge aquifer hidden atop Oregon’s Cascade Range
The discovery could have implications for water users in the region as drought and extreme weather limit snowpacks, rainfall ...
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Groundwater simulation uncovers hidden paths and long-distance flows on a continental scale
The second important new discovery is that groundwater from very deep aquifers contributes significantly to streamflow. Maxwell's team found that deep groundwater from aquifers 10 to 100 meters ...
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Researchers find vast water supply beneath central Oregon Cascades
The previously unmapped aquifer is estimated to be more than three times the size of the Lake Mead reservoir in Nevada.