How does water get underground – and how much rainfall is needed to replenish it?

Thanks to the amazing UNSW team for producing this story on our groundwater and climate research: past, present and future.

There is a long read (thanks to Melissa Lyne)and a YouTube video (3 minutes)....

http://andy-baker.org/2026/02/25/how-does-water-get-underground-and-how-much-rainfall-is-needed-to-replenish-it/

#academia #groundwater #climate #caves

Intense fire, extreme rainfall and groundwater recharge: an AMOS2026 conference presentation

The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) held its annual conference in Hobart last week. AMOS 2026 had the theme 'Southern Skies, Southern Oceans: Science on the Edge'. On Friday I was delighted to present 'An intense fire changes surface hydrology and decreases the amount of rainfall needed for groundwater recharge' on behalf of Christina Song and @michcampbell in the Hydroclimate session' ...

http://andy-baker.org/2026/02/21/intense-fire-extreme-rainfall-and-groundwater-recharge-an-amos2026-conference-presentation/

#AMOS2026
#academia #groundwater #research #fire #environment

A slightly tongue-in-cheek AI animation of a conceptual model showing leakage of highly mineralized mine waters into a carbonate aquifer:
https://youtu.be/WDIze8QNMYs

Yes - it’s simplified. Yes - real systems are messier.
But sometimes a "clean" visual helps to communicate density-driven flow and reactive processes more intuitively than 20 pages of equations.

The animation idea emerged while working on my monograph. Draft versions are available here:
https://zenodo.org/records/16741148

Engineering humor is allowed - even in hydrogeochemistry 😁

#Hydrogeochemistry #Groundwater #MineWater #ReactiveTransport #CarbonateAquifer #PHREEQC #AIinScience #Geoscience #SvystunovaGully

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New Mexico Rebukes Federal Agency Over Nuclear Waste at Los Alamos

State environmental regulators will also fine the Energy Department up to $16 million for exceeding safe groundwater standards near the nuclear lab.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/new-mexico-los-alamos-nuclear-waste-fines.html

11.2.2026

#aquifer #Atombombe #Atomkraft #Atommüll #groundwater #Grundwasser #Kernenergie #LANL #landfill #LosAlamos #NewMexico #NuclearWaste #pollution #USA #WIPP

#AmericanResiliency #TimesOfChange #environment #WaterSecurity #GroundWater

dr. #EmilySchoerning interviews #TaraSkyWoodward on #community #water #resilience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVuI-hboTBU

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

🚨New paper alert🚨. Students and staff from RMIT University working with EPA Victoria to study the occurrence and transport of #PFAS within a coastal #groundwater aquifer here in #Victoria 🇦🇺

The paper is open access and out now in the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology -
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2026.104861