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 ...

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here. As drought and demand affect water resources ...

If you grew up in the Inland Northwest, chances are you learned about the massive underground Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer in your school days. It’s gained a sort of mythical status in the ...

The Los Angeles area’s groundwater remained depleted even after a series of historic atmospheric rivers struck the region in 2023, a study has found. Record rainfall filled both shallow basins and ...

The greater Los Angeles area has long been subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive seismometers peppers the region on a constant vigil for earthquakes. Now ...

MINNEAPOLIS — People whose drinking water came from newer groundwater had a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than those whose drinking water came from older groundwater, according to a ...

Romanskolk, a farm near Brandvlei in the study area, showing what drought looks like. Courtesy Danita Hohne But this is not a lasting solution as climate observations show that rain is falling later ...

The Memphis aquifer, the primary drinking water source for Shelby County, has naturally occurring breaches in its protective clay layer. Pollutants from as far back as the 1940s could be entering the ...

South Africa is the 30th driest country in the world. Over 400 towns, especially in the western and central parts of the country, rely on water from aquifers that they pump out of the ground ...