Vahé Ter Minassian (@vaheter.bsky.social)

Scientific expedition off the US coast seeks out freshwater beneath the sea While the existence of freshwater beneath the sea in aquifers has been known since antiquity, geophysicists still understand very little about the mechanisms that govern it. An international mission dedicated to studying one of these offshore hydrological systems now has the tools to learn more, thanks to a specialized research vessel. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/science/article/2025/07/06/scientific-expedition-off-the-us-coast-seeks-out-freshwater-beneath-the-sea_6743072_10.html