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Undercurrents – The Hidden Knowledge of Groundwater cover
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Undercurrents – The Hidden Knowledge of Groundwater

University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute

Out of sight, out of mind. For most of humanity’s existence, this has been the extent of our perception of groundwater. But in the 21st century, the pressures of growing populations and incr...

Episodes

5 episodes

Episode 1 – What Lies Beneath

Human respect and awareness of water sources inside our planet predates history itself, and traces of these early beliefs still persist toda...

20:49Jul 1, 2016

Episode 2 – Apprehending the Apparition

When modern science first began to coalesce in the 19th century, its first global superstar, Alexander von Humboldt, described the arduous t...

19:15Jul 1, 2016