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Published online 9 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030505-9
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Salt drives pollution into aquifers
New threat to Israel's water supply discovered.
Pollution in coastal seawater might get into freshwater aquifers more easily than scientists had suspected1. This could worsen the shortage of fresh water in the Middle East - a major cause of Arab-Israeli tension.
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