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Huge Freshwater Aquifers Found Under Ocean Floor
Description: 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. These reserves formed over the past hundreds of thousands of years when on average the sea level was much lower than it is today, and when the coastline was further out. [Source: Voice of America]
URL: http://www.voanews.com/content/huge-freshwater-aquifers-found-under-ocean-floor/1805397.html
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Source: Voice of America
Publish Date: 12/6/2013
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