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Aquifers: The Harsh Reality of Their Importance
Let me thank George Denhard for forwarding this article to me. We dug wells together in West Africa and share similar concerns today for environmental issues. Water is always at the top of our list. People like digestible pieces of … Continue reading
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Raising Sea Levels: No Magic Required – Just Human Intervention
It seems that there has been increasingly more news about polar ice and the contribution that this melting ice will have on rising sea levels. There are many vivid, photographs and videos that show the acceleration of massive chucks of … Continue reading
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Tagged Global, groundwater, irrigation, oceans, sustainability
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Australia: Digging Deep to Study/Understand Human Impact
The image to the right is called The Great Artesian Basin (GAB). It is an underground aquifer covering nearly 25 per cent of Australia. “Although Australia is one of the driest countries in the world, its groundwater has been “neglected, … Continue reading
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Tagged aquifers, Australia, food population, irrigation, sustainability
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