If you live in a coastal area, “saltwater intrusion” is a concept you may want to look into. In coastal aquifers, freshwater naturally pushes against seawater, maintaining a boundary known as ...

The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground.

A team of planetary scientists, ecologists, and marine biologists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and one in ...

Records of fresh water being found offshore go as far back as the 1800s. Fishers off Florida have occasionally reported “boils” of water on the ocean's surface, which they assume leaked upward ...

Rising sea levels pose a threat to our drinking water as saltwater pushes the 'salt line' inland, contaminating freshwater sources. Click to Skip Ad Closing in ...

Saltwater contamination in freshwater systems is on the rise Salt is starting to pollute the freshwater sources people rely on. Kiley Price, Inside Climate News – Mar 19, 2025 10:10 am ...

How sunlight could turn seawater into freshwater for coastal communities By Nell Lewis, CNN 5 minute read Updated 11:58 AM EDT, Tue September 20, 2022 Link Copied! Water ...

Miami-Dade County's contentious recent urban boundary move will block an old slough — a shallow channel that cut through the rock ridge in South Dade to deliver 'lifeblood' freshwater from the ...

A new perspective piece argues that aquatic deoxygenation — the depletion of oxygen in marine and freshwater environments — should be considered its own “boundary” in the planetary ...

How sunlight could turn seawater into freshwater for coastal communities By Nell Lewis, CNN 5 minute read Updated 11:58 AM EDT, Tue September 20, 2022 Link Copied! Water ...