CNPC employees work at the Shenditake 1 ultra-deep oil well in the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Sunday. LI XIANG/XINHUA China's continuous efforts in ultra-deep oil well drilling will continue to ensure domestic energy self-sufficiency while representing a major milestone in the country's exploration of deep energy resources, industry experts said. China's first scientific exploration well …
For the first time, scientists have found a huge groundwater system below ice in Antarctica. The reservoir of groundwater – water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock – lies beneath the Whillans Ice Stream in West Antarctica, they say. Lead author Dr Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert install geophysical instruments to measure groundwater …
