To reach the groundwater, wells are drilled and water is pumped to the surface. These wells may supply farms, industries, and cities, or are used for monitoring the level of the aquifers.

Researchers create the most water-repellent surface ever Date: October 23, 2023 Source: Aalto University Summary: A revised method to create hydrophobic surfaces has implications for any ...

Currently, Venus has a scorching hot surface temperature of around 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (500 degrees Celsius), hot enough to melt lead. If that weren't intimidating enough, the second planet ...

The water drops are suspended on these ultra-microscopic wax needles, and that keeps it from wetting the surface. Next, we looked at the underside of this leaf with the microscope.

Such a surface could quickly and controllably shed corrosive and fouling droplets from heated surfaces." DOI: Physical Review Letters, 2021. 0.1103/PhysRevLett.127.074502 (About DOIs).

Scientists have used satellite images to study how the water on the Earth's surface has changed over 30 years. They found that 115,000 sq km (44,000 sq miles) of land is now covered in water and ...