reservoir

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Scientists have discovered that the magma reservoir tied to the largest volcanic eruption of the Holocene is filling again.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The reservoir supplies water to more than 60,000 acres of farmland in Yuba County as well as users south of the Delta.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The program incorporates advanced forecasting and weather observations into reservoir release decisions at Lake Mendocino.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

It seemed to vanish off the face of the earth, but viruses never go away, they only hide, and Marburg continued to cycle in some reservoir of animals or insects in Africa.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston