This year’s World Water Day theme is groundwater, and here’s what some scientists have found recently about this precious resource.
Kevin Hurler
"What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness."
A blue blob is saving Iceland’s glaciers (for now)
A mysterious area of cold water dubbed the Blue Blob is reducing the melting of Iceland’s glaciers by cooling the air above them.
Where did all of Earth’s water come from?
A new study identifies that magnesium hydrosilicate, a compound present during the Earth’s formation, may be responsible for our planet’s abundant water.
Finding a magnetar, a neutron star’s baby brother
Scientists have observed a peculiar object emitting radio waves once every 20 minutes, and it may be a new kind of neutron star.
Florence Bascom, a geologic juggernaut
The odds were stacked against her, but inspired by her parents and love for science, Florence Bascom paved the way for women in geology.
Microplastics are taking flight
New research with samples from Pic du Midi Observatory reveal that microplastics are traversing the globe through the atmosphere.
Large impacts created a toxic planet
New research on Venus reveals how large impacts from rocky bodies may have altered its development during planetary infancy.
What is a black hole?
Regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape!
How ducklings hacked swimming
New research in fluid mechanics has found that our feathered friends have been using waves to make swimming easier.
How a Rhode Island-sized crack appeared in the thickest Arctic ice
Some of the thickest Arctic ice broke open in May 2020 with a 3000-square-kilometer crack called a “polynya.”