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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 7d

🇲🇺 This week's Groundwater Country Profile is #Mauritius
🚰 #Groundwater provides 57% of the island’s potable water.
🥬 Key resource for residential use, #industry and #agriculture.
🔗 un-igrac.org/data/country....

#coastal #water #country #countryprofile #SDG6

Mauritius - IGRAC

Explore all about the Mauritian hydrogeology, monitoring network and (open) data in the groundwater country profile of Mauritius.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 7d

🏅 Our #Bolivia Correspondent Mónica Guzmán Rojo, from the Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo" was awarded the Marie Curie Award 2025 by the National Academy of Sciences of #Bolivia.
🇧🇴 Curious about her work? Read her recently published story here: un-igrac.org/latest/stori...

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 12d

💧'A Groundwater Story in the Egyptian Desert' walks you through the last #GWSSENCE project workshop.
🌊The project focuses on #coastal aquifers in #Egypt 🇪🇬, #Kenya 🇰🇪and #Nigeria 🇳🇬. At this workshop in Egypt, all teams gave progress updates.
🔗 gws-sence.medium.com/a-groundwate....

#groundwater #water

A Groundwater Story in the Egyptian Desert

Prepared by Dr. Mohammed Anwar Shaheen (Heliopolis University)

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 14d

🎬 Stream #OnDemand: How To Poison A Planet, with
@markruffalo.bsky.social 🌎. Shared by World Water Film Festival during this New York Climate Week.

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#ClimateWeekNYC #PFAS #film #moviesthatmatter #groundwater #pollution

Climate Week NYC: HOW TO POISON A PLANET with Panel Livestream on Tuesday Sept. 23

Get tickets for the virtual screening of HOW TO POISON A PLANET

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 15d

📸 Grab your camera, send your pictures and become part of the ‘Discover Groundwater’ GeoStory series! Find out how 👇

💧Part 1 (of 5) on the Beauty of #Groundwater is already online.

🔗Find out more: un-igrac.org/latest/news/....

#photocontest #water #GeoStory #IAH2025

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 19d

🌏 #IAH2025 is finished and a special week coming to an end.

#Newsletter with 3 launches in 1 week:
📸'Beauty of Groundwater' is online with call-to-action
📊Groundwater level data from 47 countries in #StateOfWater
🗺️Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map 2025
🔓 #OpenAccess #Article
🔗 bit.ly/4nhCPQm

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 19d

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 19d

🌍 #NEW: Transboundary Aquifers of the World 2025 #map. Just presented at #IAH2025 and now available for #download. Explore what's new!

🔗 #Download: un-igrac.org/latest/news/....

#groundwater #SDG6 #SDG652 #GlobalGoals #Cartography #water #hydrogeology #IAHCongress #hydrodiplomacy @unesco.org

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 20d

💧 #Launch: The WMO #StateOfWater #pressconference starts right now and the 2024 report is available for download.
📊Groundwater level data from 37,406 monitoring wells across 47 countries.
🔗Our #groundwater analysis for #StateOfWater Report 2024: un-igrac.org/latest/news/...
#water #drought #data

Groundwater level data from 47 countries in the State of Global Water Resources Report 2024 - IGRAC

For the groundwater level data from 47(!) countries, read this recently published State of Global Water Resources Report 2024 of WMO.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 21d

📢 #Launch at #IAH2025. IAH & IGRAC just launched the 'Discover Groundwater' series.

📸 Grab your camera and become part of it! The series of 5 parts will show the beauty, history, use, challenges and protection of groundwater.

🔗See part 1: un-igrac.org/latest/stori....

#IAHCongress #Hydrogeology

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 27d

🗓️ Attending the #IAH2025 ? Mark this in your agendas! 👇

📉 #Research on 20-year #groundwater level trends. (16 Sep - 10:30)

🗺️ Transboundary Aquifers #map #launch (19 Sep - Poster Board P047)

🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/...

#IAHCongress #water #data #datascience #GroundwaterMatters #hydrogeology

New Transboundary Aquifer Map & Groundwater Level Trends: Meet IGRAC at IAH 2025! - IGRAC

The launch of the new Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map and Groundwater Level Trends research. Meet us at IAH 2025 in Melbourne!

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · 28d

Meet us at #IAH2025 for the launch of the #new Transboundary Aquifers of the World #map!

In this month's #newsletter:
🇯🇴 @UNESCWA workshop.
🇲🇾IGM conference in #Malaysia.
🇧🇴Story from our #Bolivia correspondent
🇩🇿🇸🇳Country profiles #Algeria & #Senegal.

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Vol. 10: Meet us at IAH 2025 for the launch of the new Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map!

In this month's #UndergroundUpdate we look forward to the IAH 2025 Congress in Melbourne, Australia. Not just because this is the yearly highlight for any groundwater enthusiast, but also because we w...

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Sep 4

Can you guess the #groundwater country profile based on the hints?👇
- Most #recharge comes from rainfall and snowmelt.
- Covered by #volcanic rocks, mainly #basalt, atop layers of sedimentary formations.
- Completely surrounded by one single country.
🔗 bit.ly/4p8oXJh.

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢 Attending #WWWeek2025 in #Stockholm? Come to the Netherlands booth at 11:00 and see the NEW Transboundary Aquifers Map! Starting in 40 min!

🗺️ Elisabeth Lictevout will present the latest update, including two new thematic maps.

#WWWeek #worldwaterweek #worldwaterweek2025 #water #groundwater

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 26

🇸🇳 Another #new Groundwater Country Profile: #Senegal!

🌍 #Groundwater is the backbone of the nation’s drinking #watersupply, providing around 85%(!), and it is also fundamental for most industrial activities.

🔗 un-igrac.org/data/country...

#agriculture #surfacewater #overextraction #pollution

Senegal - IGRAC

Explore all about the Senegalese hydrogeology, monitoring network and groundwater use in the groundwater country profile of Senegal.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢In the past months, we have worked on the development of the new Transboundary Aquifers of the World #Map and #WWWeek is the first moment we show the results. Meet our director Elisabeth Lictevout in Stockholm (or online) at these two events: un-igrac.org/latest/event...
#WorldWaterWeek #WWWeek2025

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did this country profile incite your curiosity? Look at this, Groundwater Story of the Year 2024 winning, tale about the Foggara of Adrar: un-igrac.org/latest/stori.... An enchanting story about this ancestral groundwater system, vividly described by our Algeria Correspondent Zoubida NEMER.

The Foggara of Adrar - IGRAC

'The Foggara of Adrar' from our Algeria Groundwater Correspondent Zoubida Nemer won the Jury Award for Story of the Year 2024.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 19

🇩🇿 #NEW Groundwater Country Profile: #Algeria!

🌍 This time we are looking at the #hydrogeology, groundwater use and groundwater monitoring network of the largest country of #Africa.

🔗 un-igrac.org/data/country...

#arid #semiarid #salinity #coastal #water #MAR #aquifer #recharge #foggara

Algeria - IGRAC

Explore all about the Algerian hydrogeology, groundwater use and monitoring network in the groundwater country profile of Algeria.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 14

🇧🇴 How do you explain #hydrogeology? #Bolivia Correspondent Mónica Guzmán Rojo used the local legend of #Gueebi as metaphor.
🌧️ #Gueebi (Son of Rain) fell from the sky, stayed among people, and revealed #water in times of #drought. Gueebi sounds like #groundwater, right?
🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori...

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 13

🤔 What is the 'water table'? What is the difference between the saturated and unsaturated zone? Are #groundwater and surface water connected?

🔗 This #OpenAccess #animation, and more, is available on our 'Groundwater Basics' page: un-igrac.org/why-groundwa....

#graphicdesign #water #watertable

IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 12

🇷🇼 #New Groundwater Country Profile: #Rwanda.

🔗 On this profile, we tell you more about Rwanda's groundwater use, #hydrogeology, #opendata and monitoring network. Click & explore (and share with others 😉): un-igrac.org/data/country...

#ecosystems #water #EaternAfrica#groundwater #CountryProfile

Rwanda - IGRAC

Explore all about the Rwanda hydrogeology, monitoring network and (open) data in the groundwater country profile of Rwanda.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 7

📣 #New is the common thread in this #newsletter. New staff members, new country profiles for #Ghana & #Rwanda, a new story on #Corsica’s fragile #wetlands from our #France Correspondent and the brand new 'Global #Groundwater Data Catalogue'.
🔗 linkedin.com/pulse/vol-09... @xanderhuggins.bsky.social

Vol. 09: Data Catalogue launch, Corsica story, New Staff Members and 2 new Country Profiles

The word 'new' is the common threat in this newsletter. We have welcomed two new staff members, one Junior Graphic Designer and one Visiting Data Specialist, which we introduce below.

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Xander Huggins @xanderhuggins.bsky.social · Aug 6

Excited to share this latest paper📃, reviewing and providing a searchable catalogue of >200 open access global datasets to study groundwater in social-ecological systems.

paper in ERL: tinyurl.com/55vtb8tb

The searchable catalogue is available thx to @igrac.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/yjdtd5bx

The Global Groundwater Data Catalogue: Your 'one-stop shop' to Groundwater Datasets - IGRAC

Global Groundwater Data Catalogue simplifies the process of identifying relevant datasets for interdisciplinary groundwater assessments.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 6

📣 #MeetTheTeam: Xin Tian joins us as Visiting Senior Data Specialist for one year.

🤝 He combines this with his role at KWR Water.

🔗 Read the interview: un-igrac.org/latest/news/....

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #water #groundwater #datascience #data #dataresearch #machinelearning

Meet our new Visiting Senior Data Specialist: Xin Tian - IGRAC

IGRAC offers opportunities for visiting researchers to join us for a fixed term. Meet our new Visiting Senior Data Specialist: Xin Tian.

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IGRAC @igrac.bsky.social · Aug 1

🇬🇭 #NEW Groundwater Country Profile: #Ghana!

🔗 Information about #groundwater use, #hydrogeology, monitoring network and #OpenData: un-igrac.org/data/country....

🖋️ Profile written by our intern Emmanuel Sagoe
🎵 'Unlock me | Amapiano Music', by: Prazkhanal

#BlackStar #water

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