Topic
Hydrology
3 stories about Hydrology that passed the news check, newest first.
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When rain returns after a drought, groundwater reserves don’t always get caught up before the next drought
When a drought breaks, rain returns first, followed by soil moisture, plants and rivers, with groundwater usually recovering last.
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The Grand Canyon’s drinking water comes from a single spring connected to over six miles of hidden caves
The twelve water spigots used by visitors in Grand Canyon National Park have drawn their water from Roaring Springs, a cave-fed spring on the North Rim, for decades.
Earth.com
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Less rain, more intense storms: Climate change strengthens extreme urban floods
A new study led by Ph.D. student Raz Nussbaum, co-authored by Dr. Moshe Armon and supervised by professor Efrat Morin from the Hebrew University, reports that urban flooding can intensify even as rainfall decreases.
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