An underground route for the water cycle

Church, Thomas M.

Thomas M. Church is at the College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-3501, USA.

Nature 380(6575):p 579-580, April 18, 1996.

Water flows from the land to the sea in rivers -- that is the classroom picture that seems too self-evident to question. But there is evidence that a comparable amount may flow underground directly into coastal waters.