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 task of collecting accurate data to obtain verifiable explanations for natural phenomena as “apprehending the apparition.” Doctors, engineers and scientists across the globe made key discoveries that together laid the foundation for today’s field of hydrogeology and made the task of understanding groundwater possible. Find out about Darcy’s law, cholera in London, and just how much of the world’s available freshwater is actually groundwater. (The answer will surprise you!)

You can listen to Episode 2 – Apprehending the Apparition online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Episode 2 – Apprehending the Apparition is an episode from Undercurrents – The Hidden Knowledge of Groundwater by University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.

This episode is 19:15 long.

This episode was published on Jul 1, 2016.

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