Groundwater Explained: Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems

Groundwater Explained: Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems

After our first video on PFAS, this episode of Groundwater Explained is all about groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Wetlands, rivers, springs, lakes, caves, oases, salt flats (or salars), phreatophyte vegetation and estuaries or nearshore ecosystems all have one thing in common. They all depend on groundwater! How is groundwater connected to all these ecosystems? And what happens if this connection is altered? This explainer video will answer all these questions.. and more!