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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.
Supporting a hypothesis requires reliable data and, of course, sound equipment to produce it — this issue features a system for trace analysis, a new NMR probe, instrument software and an electrospray mass spectrometer.
