Groundwater hides dense communities of rock-bound microbes that shape water quality and help store carbon below ground.

Researchers used 1 million data points and a machine learning algorithm to estimate groundwater stores with higher resolution ...

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New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Saudi-owned dairy company grows hay on thousands of acres in the Arizona desert. Its pumping of groundwater is ...

Water is one of our state’s most precious commodities. That’s why its discouraging that efforts to track groundwater use failed in the Legislature. According to reporting by The Frontier, two bills ...

The water beneath our feet is vanishing, putting people, plants and animals at risk in the Nevada desert. An August study published in the academic journal Hydrological Processes uses publicly ...

Corpus Christi officials are considering a second groundwater well field in San Patricio County as the city of Sinton ...