Scientists using seismic data tracked groundwater levels beneath the L.A. area. They found heavy rains in 2023 boosted shallow waters, but deep aquifers remain depleted.

The Boone County 3D Geologic Mapping project helps specialists understand where our water gets into the ground and how to ...

After years of drought, Provo has been trying to figure out how to make sure their water supply is stable—and this week, they ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most people don’t have the opportunity to swim in aquifers, but National Geographic Young Explorer Jennifer Adler ...

More than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped rainfall on California in 2023 but replenished only 25 percent of the water lost from aquifers since 2006.

All that rising saltwater will infiltrate groundwater reserves farther inland, forcing its way into nearby freshwater aquifers. You know, the ones that supply our drinking water, irrigation ...

Record rainfall filled both shallow basins and reservoirs to nearly capacity that year, but drought persisted in the deeper aquifers, according to the study, published Thursday in Science.

Across the country, aquifers are vanishing as farms and cities drain groundwater that can take thousands of years to replenish. Here’s an inside look at how this crisis is unfolding in Kansas ...

The Assembly welcomed the conclusion of the work of the Commission on the law of transboundary aquifers, accepted the Commission’s recommendations and commended the draft articles to the ...

Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, ...

Elk Valley Aquifer in Grand Forks County, Spiritwood-Warwick Aquifer in Benson and Pierce Counties, and Wahpeton Buried ...