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In Brazil’s Cerrado, aquifers are losing more water than they can replace

A new monitoring model combining satellite images with artificial intelligence can identify variations in the volume of Brazilian aquifers. The Urucuia, one of the largest aquifers in the Cerrado ...
The Conversation

Explainer: what there is to know about South Africa’s aquifers

Many South African cities use ground water and aquifers as their main source of water. And with water scarcity an increasing threat, these sources are becoming more and more important. The ...
The Conversation

Africa’s aquifers hold more than 20 times the water stored in the continent’s lakes, but they aren’t the answer to water scarcity

Discoveries of aquifers – underground earth formations that hold water – often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region. These are welcome announcements. Due to a ...