Beneath our feet, a slow-motion crisis is unfolding. The world's underground water stores, known as aquifers, are being drained at a pace that took scientists years of painstaking data collection to ...

Groundwater is declining across Eastern Washington's complex, interconnected aquifer system, as people draw on it for irrigation, drinking and other uses at a pace that threatens its sustainability, ...

You’ve likely heard about the Edwards Aquifer, especially over the past few drought-stricken years. The groundwater system provides water for more than 2 million people, and water levels in recent ...

SAPD took the driver — Ricardo Maldonado, Jr., 41, — into custody. Officers believe he caused a three-vehicle accident at approximately 1 a.m. in the 11400 block of Interstate 10. SAN ANTONIO – The ...

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just ahead of the Great Recession, in 2005, Carolyn Chism Hardy got the news that the ...

Scientists from the University of Oregon and other research teams have found a massive underground aquifer hidden beneath the central Oregon Cascades — way bigger than anyone expected. Using deep ...

It was the summer of 1990. George H.W. Bush was president, New Kids on the Block were at the top of the charts, David Robinson had just finished his rookie year with the San Antonio Spurs — and things ...

When Spokane County asks voters to reauthorize the 40-year-old aquifer protection area for another 20 years, the city of Spokane will be included for the first time since 2004. If approved, every plot ...