Freshwater Reserves Discovered Under Ocean Floor in Aquifers
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
According to a recent press release from Flinders University, scientists have now discovered sizable freshwater reserves underneath the seabed on the continental shelves around the world. It is estimated that a staggering 500,000 cubic kilometers of low-salinity water exists off the coast of North America, Australia, China and South Africa, potentially yielding vast water supplies that could delay - what researchers believe to be - a "… looming global water crisis." The study was published in the Dec. 5 issue of the journalNature. Dr. Vincent Post served as the lead author on the project, a researcher at the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) and the School of the Environment at Flinders University.
Post explains the volume of this water source to be approximately 100 times greater than the volume extracted from Earth's subsurface, since the beginning of the 1900s. Understanding more about these freshwater reserves could prove essential, as Post suggests they could serve as important resources for sustaining entire cities, for decades to come.
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