When people think about disappearing water, the images that usually come to mind are melting glaciers or shrinking ice caps. But far from the spotlight, an even larger loss is happening quietly ...

It’s not easy to determine how much water there is across a landscape. A measly 1% of Earth’s freshwater is on the surface, where it can be seen and measured with relative ease. But beneath that, ...

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The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (“PCAST”) released a December 2024 report titled: REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT: Improving Groundwater Security in the United States (“Report”).

Declines of underground water supplies that are vital to cities and farming in the Colorado River Basin are outpacing the losses of the river’s water, according to new research published last week ...

For half the world’s population, the water in their drinking glasses comes from below them. Groundwater also supplies 40% of global irrigation projects. Alarmingly, more than a third of the planet’s ...

Twenty-two years ago, when Erna stood outside her house, “the windows were as high as my chest”. Now they’re knee-height.\ As their home has sunk, she and her family have had to cope with frequent ...

We have to stop emitting carbon dioxide (CO 2) if we want to save the climate – there is no doubt about that. But that alone will not be enough. In addition, it will also be necessary to capture CO 2 ...