água subterrânea

Renewable Energy

Farmers swapped diesel for solar panels in Pakistan, powered irrigation pumps almost cost-free, expanded rice fields, and now groundwater has become a red alert in the countryside.

Flavia Marinho 12/06/2026 at 18:37

Interesting facts

A resident of the Brazilian countryside became known for searching for underground water by holding a peach tree fork, a practice called dowsing that dates back to ancient Egypt but which scientific studies in Germany have concluded has no proven effectiveness.

Bruno Teles 11/06/2026 at 20:05

Science and Technology

Before the astronauts arrive, NASA wants to send 4 robotic drones weighing 250 kg to the Moon’s south pole to hunt for underground water, measure radiation, and reveal where humanity can establish its first base outside Earth.

Carla Teles 08/06/2026 at 12:44

Sustainability

Brazil discovers invisible warning beneath the ground: regions can no longer replenish groundwater and raise risk for vital aquifers

Caio Aviz 04/06/2026 at 10:03

Science and Technology

Humanity has pumped so much groundwater that it shifted the Earth’s axis: study shows polar displacement of 4.36 cm per year and links depleted aquifers to the planet’s rotation.

Valdemar Medeiros 07/05/2026 at 10:42

Interesting facts

Australian cattle ranchers face Glencore’s project that wanted to store liquid carbon underground and prevent the advance of a plan seen as a threat to the aquifer that sustains the interior.

Flavia Marinho 05/05/2026 at 20:32

Science and Technology

6 scientists warn of a silent loss of water in Brazil: more than half of the evaluated rivers may be draining into underground aquifers, while 17,972 wells reveal increasing pressure on supply, ecosystems, and water security.

Valdemar Medeiros 27/04/2026 at 11:14

Interesting facts

On the edge of the Sahara, residents of Chad are erecting straw walls in the desert to try to contain moving dunes that are already encroaching on the last oases, reducing fertile areas and pushing hundreds of families away from the land where they have always lived.

Ana Alice 18/04/2026 at 22:52

Interesting facts

Artisanal well erupts with water in the sertão of Bahia, revealing a surprising flow with six active fissures underground and changing the landscape in the Bahian semi-arid region.

Caio Aviz 30/03/2026 at 16:47

Interesting facts

In Brazilian California, the faucet releases water that is 230 thousand years old, beer has become a global reference, the quality of life is at the top of the country, and a giant aquifer is hidden beneath our feet.

Ana Alice 25/03/2026 at 23:55

Hidrogeólogos documentam que a humanidade bombeia água subterrânea entre 10 e 80 vezes mais rápido do que a natureza consegue repor e que parte desse volume levou mais de 100 mil anos para se acumular no subsolo

Science and Technology

Hydrogeologists Document That Humanity Pumps Groundwater Between 10 and 80 Times Faster Than Nature Can Replenish, and That Part of This Volume Took Over 100,000 Years to Accumulate Underground

Valdemar Medeiros 06/03/2026 at 17:10

Entenda por que poços artesianos exigem autorização no Brasil, quanto custa regularizar e por que a maioria das perfurações funciona de forma irregular.

Interesting facts

Why Are Artesian Wells PROHIBITED in Brazil? Even With Water Beneath Their Own Property, Residents Need Authorization to Use, Process Can Cost Tens of Thousands of Reais, and Today About 88% of Wells in the Country Operate Illegally

Alisson Ficher 04/03/2026 at 17:08

Farmers swapped diesel for solar panels in Pakistan, powered irrigation pumps almost cost-free, expanded rice fields, and now groundwater has become a red alert in the countryside.

A resident of the Brazilian countryside became known for searching for underground water by holding a peach tree fork, a practice called dowsing that dates back to ancient Egypt but which scientific studies in Germany have concluded has no proven effectiveness.

Before the astronauts arrive, NASA wants to send 4 robotic drones weighing 250 kg to the Moon’s south pole to hunt for underground water, measure radiation, and reveal where humanity can establish its first base outside Earth.

Brazil discovers invisible warning beneath the ground: regions can no longer replenish groundwater and raise risk for vital aquifers

Humanity has pumped so much groundwater that it shifted the Earth’s axis: study shows polar displacement of 4.36 cm per year and links depleted aquifers to the planet’s rotation.

Australian cattle ranchers face Glencore’s project that wanted to store liquid carbon underground and prevent the advance of a plan seen as a threat to the aquifer that sustains the interior.

6 scientists warn of a silent loss of water in Brazil: more than half of the evaluated rivers may be draining into underground aquifers, while 17,972 wells reveal increasing pressure on supply, ecosystems, and water security.

On the edge of the Sahara, residents of Chad are erecting straw walls in the desert to try to contain moving dunes that are already encroaching on the last oases, reducing fertile areas and pushing hundreds of families away from the land where they have always lived.

Artisanal well erupts with water in the sertão of Bahia, revealing a surprising flow with six active fissures underground and changing the landscape in the Bahian semi-arid region.

In Brazilian California, the faucet releases water that is 230 thousand years old, beer has become a global reference, the quality of life is at the top of the country, and a giant aquifer is hidden beneath our feet.

Hydrogeologists Document That Humanity Pumps Groundwater Between 10 and 80 Times Faster Than Nature Can Replenish, and That Part of This Volume Took Over 100,000 Years to Accumulate Underground

Why Are Artesian Wells PROHIBITED in Brazil? Even With Water Beneath Their Own Property, Residents Need Authorization to Use, Process Can Cost Tens of Thousands of Reais, and Today About 88% of Wells in the Country Operate Illegally

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

With 70 tons of rock removed by hand and an 800-year-old abandoned cave, a former businessman transforms a dark shelter into a modern home carved in the heart of the forest.

Scientists have created a material six times lighter than air, 75 times lighter than styrofoam, and that becomes stronger the more it is compressed: aerographite seems impossible, but it can reinforce structures, batteries, and satellites.