Freshwater breakthrough as huge aquifers discovered beneath ocean floor

Ethan A. Huff naturalnews.com Hidden beneath the depths of the world's oceans are large pockets of mostly fresh water that could serve as replacement water sources for the many land-based aquifers that are on the verge of drying up, a new study suggests. Discovered off the coasts of Australia, China, North America and South Africa, these massive underwater aquifers contain such high amounts of freshwater, say Australian researchers, that water shortages could become a thing of the past. It is estimated that roughly half a million cubic kilometers of low-salinity water are just waiting to be tapped underneath various sections of ocean seabed, a volume that the researchers who discovered the water say is many times greater than the overall volume extracted from land-based aquifers throughout the past 100-or-so years. to read more click here: naturalnews.com