Many scientists feared a now-scuttled plan to mine next to the Okefenokee Swamp would alter the water levels of the refuge. The mining company itself disputed those claims, arguing the water it ...

Groundwater is rapidly declining across the globe, often at accelerating rates. Writing in the journal Nature, UC Santa Barbara researchers present the largest assessment of groundwater levels around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groundwater levels are declining across Eastern Washington’s aquifer system and threaten its sustainability, according to a new ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Groundwater supplies are dwindling in aquifers around the world, a groundbreaking new ...

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, ...

(TNS) — With water-guzzling data centers popping up across Iowa and a multiyear drought causing more farmers to use irrigation systems, Iowa's underground aquifers are being tapped more frequently.

Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study that shows how the depletion of groundwater -- the same that many farmers rely on for irrigation -- can threaten food production amid ...

In a place like Delaware, where it rains frequently, water is a renewable resource. Natural processes will replenish the water that is being used or consumed. In an area where rain is not as plentiful ...

(CN) — In just three months of 2023, atmospheric river storms dumped over 140% of California’s average annual precipitation, but it still wasn’t enough to fill Los Angeles’ deepest aquifers, ...

Researchers map out groundwater at stake in the wake of a court decision that bolsters Native American rights to the precious resource across an increasingly arid West. California's Coachella Valley ...