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Homes evacuated over sinkhole fears in Vancouver neighbourhood
News Vancouver   10 March 2016   Canada   Vancouver  
A breached aquifer on Beechwood Street in southwest Vancouver has been spilling water for months, causing concerns about potential sinkholes. March 10, 2016. (CTV)
<p>People living in a southwest Vancouver neighborhood say they're concerned about the possibility of sinkholes on their properties as crews work to contain a massive breach of an underground aquifer.<br />According to City of Vancouver staff, contractors ...
'Carbon sink' detected underneath world's deserts
Phys Org   28 July 2015   China   China Desert  
Scientists found that as water moved through irrigated fields, the water gathered dissolved carbon and moved it deep underground. Credit: Yan Li
<p>The world's deserts may be storing some of the climate-changing carbon dioxide emitted by human activities, a new study suggests. Massive aquifers underneath deserts could hold more carbon than all the plants on land, according to the new research.</p> <p> ...