Groundwater records from the last ice age indicate that aquifers in the U.S. Southwest are more sensitive to global warming ...

During the last ice age, storms soaked the now-arid Southwestern U.S., while today's rainy Pacific Northwest remained ...

A major water project in El Paso County known as the Loop, aims to take treated and recycled water from the south end of the ...

The world’s groundwater aquifers are taking a beating. Decades of unrestrained pumping by thirsty farms and fast-growing cities have drained these underground rock beds, which hold more than 95 ...

"Addressing the groundwater problem can help secure future food production." The scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara reviewed nearly 1,700 aquifers all over the planet ...

Across the Middle East and North Africa, groundwater is being rapidly depleted and aquifers are declining. Sources: Jay Famiglietti, University of California, Irvine and NASA JPL/Caltech ...

Groundwater is water found underground. It can be hidden in the cracks and spaces within rocks and sediments, forming an underground resource, hosted in what is known as an “aquifer”. Depending on the ...

The practice of overpumping water from vast aquifers is already having consequences nationwide. The majority of U.S. drinking-water systems rely on groundwater, as does farming, one of the nation ...

There’s more fresh water hidden below Earth’s surface in underground aquifers than any other source besides the ice sheets. That groundwater plays a critical role for rivers worldwide ...

The new research shows that crucial aquifers around the world are drying up. And in 30 percent of such cases, the current drop-offs are happening faster than ever before. “Groundwater is ...