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Freshwater resources in coastal regions are under enormous stress due to population growth, pollution, climate change and political conflicts, and many coastal cities have already suffered extreme water shortages.
OFF-SOURCE will address if and how offshore freshened groundwater (OFG) – groundwater stored in the sub-seafloor with a total dissolved solid concentration below that of seawater – can be used as an unconventional source of freshwater in coastal regions.
The COST Action (OFF-SOURCE) aims at creating a new scientific network that will address if and how OFG can be used as an unconventional source of potable water in coastal regions.
What is offshore freshened groundwater (OFG) and what do we know? Where we find it? Why is important? Which tools we will need? What are the challenges? and much more...
Dissemination
ITC Conference Grant
Conference Grants are aimed at supporting PhD students and Young Researchers and Innovators (age <40), from participating Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) to attend international science and technology-related conferences.
Meetings
1 March 2023 @ Valleta Campus
New Paper on 'Past and future evolution of the onshore-offshore groundwater system of a carbonate archipelago: The case of the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean Sea' by Michele De Biase et al.,
Past and future evolution of the onshore-offshore groundwater system of a carbonate archipelago: The case of the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean Sea
Offshore freshened groundwater (OFG) is groundwater with a salinity below that of seawater that is stored in sub-sea...
www.frontiersin.org
Discover the Wikipedia page about Offshore Freshened Groundwater! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_freshened_groundwater
Open possibility for conducting petrographic characterization, solid and aqueous geochemical, and isotopic analyses at the Czech Geological Survey, covered by a Czech INTER-COST grant. For more information, contact daniel.petras(at)http://geology.cz. Deadline: 27/01/2023
Visit our new website: http://off-source.eu
Two newly published papers about 'Salt leaching by freshwater and its impact on seafloor stability: An experimental investigation' (https://buff.ly/3UQVuTR) and 'Using Science to Achieve Cooperation in Submarine Transboundary Aquifers' (https://buff.ly/3BsTGJP).
Don't forget to send your abstract for the EGU 2023, the deadline is 10 January!
https://buff.ly/3uGGMEc
© 2023 OFF-SOURCE • COST Action CA21112 • Offshore freshened groundwater: An unconventional water resource in coastal regions?
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Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.
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