Huge Freshwater Aquifers Found Under Ocean Floor

Vast reservoirs of fresh water found beneath the ocean floors could potentially be tapped to provide drinking water to parts of the world that face shortages, according to researchers in Australia. They think the reservoirs, which have been located off Australia, China, North America and South Africa, could hold up to half a million cubic kilometers of “low-salinity” water. “The volume of this water resource is a hundred times greater than the amount we’ve extracted from...

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