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Out of sight, out of mind. For most of humanity’s existence, this has been the extent of our perception of groundwater. But in the 21st century, the pressures of growing populations and increasingly industrialized societies has pushed the importance and fragility of all water resources to the very front of the critical concerns of this new age. By the late 20th century, many countries had taken significant steps to improve and maintain the quality of their lakes and rivers, and most people are reasonably familiar with the hydrological cycle and the cultural and economic benefits derived from keeping their surface waters clean. Yet to many, groundwater, much like the deep oceans, remains relatively unknown.
This series will share the hidden secrets of groundwater with the listener, from the earliest myths and conjectures about the mysterious waters that lie beneath our feet, through the scientific breakthroughs in comprehension of groundwater, and out to the frontlines with the scientists, specialists and citizens who are working towards understanding and solving the daunting challenge of sustaining our groundwater resources for future generations.
Further podcasts by University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Podcast on the topic Naturwissenschaften
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Episode 3 – The Library of Rock from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this installment, Dr. Chris meets up with Wisconsin hydrogeologists, both out in the field and in the laboratory, to learn who they are and how they investigate groundwater. Find out about the W...
ListenEpisode 5 – Damage Control, Part Two: Novelty from 2017-05-05T06:00
The flip side of legacy problems are revealed as Dr. Chris continues this Colorado investigative expedition, uncovering a new form of groundwater contamination, PFCs. This type of contaminant has o...
ListenEpisode 4 – Damage Control, Part One: Legacy from 2016-10-31T06:00
Dr. Chris travels to Colorado to get the scoop on two textbook cases of modern groundwater contamination and finds out what developers and managers must do in order to deal with them. In this episo...
ListenEpisode 1 – What Lies Beneath from 2016-07-01T06:00
Human respect and awareness of water sources inside our planet predates history itself, and traces of these early beliefs still persist today. Beginning with early myths and assumptions regarding g...
ListenEpisode 2 – Apprehending the Apparition from 2016-07-01T06:00
When modern science first began to coalesce in the 19th century, its first global superstar, Alexander von Humboldt, described the arduous task of collecting accurate data to obtain verifiable expl...
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