Shocking Scale of Groundwater Depletion Across Iran " Iran ranks first in the region and fifth globally in terms of ...

(CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study. Groundwater provides drinking water ...

A study released by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory explored groundwater extraction and how growing demand will affect remaining resources. Scientists focused on when and where groundwater ...

For those of us in the Tri-Cities, the sprinklers watering our lawns and nourishing our crops are primarily fed by surface water from the Columbia River. Much of the world, however, depends on ...

New York City is sinking. Washington, D.C., is sinking, as well. So are Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas, and more than two-dozen of the most populous cities in the United States. Just over one year after ...

Over less than 20 years, humans extracted so much groundwater that it changed the tilt of the entire planet and even caused sea levels to rise, a new study suggests. Published in the journal ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KETK) — Every day in 2023, Texas welcomed 1,542 new residents. With the population expected to grow by millions in the coming decades, many lawmakers are raising urgent questions ...

It's 2026, yet many houses in Balochistan's provincial capital have still never been connected to a water pipeline.

Karnataka stands alone among southern states with no recorded illegal groundwater extraction units, according to a Central Ground Water Authority report. While other states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu ...

Walkers stroll on the bike path trail adjacent to Bol Park in Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood, where extraction wells have been removing groundwater contamination for three decades. Photo by ...