The puzzling arrival and surprisingly long life of a new lake in Death Valley National Park ... rain in December 1992 lasted about four months. Groundwater levels remain high in the area because ...

Groundwater depletion and extreme precipitation are also accelerating, with last August seeing the rainiest day in Death Valley’s history, 1.7 inches, which triggered flash floods that scoured ...

water-filled geologic formation in the heart of Death Valley National Park. During episodes of intense seismic activity, groundwater in the cavern can violently slosh back and forth – known as a ...

Residents of eastern La Paz County fear outside investors, corporate farms and big cities will tap rural groundwater.

Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the ... the honey mesquite bushes dotting the desert soaked up groundwater and sporadic rain, producing a bounty of beans.

Arizona keeps catering to special interests, without asking those of us who live in rural areas how we want to manage our ...

These new mining claims, documented here for the first time, are staked above groundwater aquifers that feed the springs at Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park and provide drinking water to ...

The goal is to rapidly expand the areas where we store water -- not by building reservoirs, but by returning millions of ...

The site was added to the Death Valley National Monument by President ... local ranchers built wells and siphoned the desert’s groundwater, lowering the water level in the cavern to below ...

The pupfish, which lives only in a flooded cave at Death Valley National Park ... ecosystem would be among the first to be affected by groundwater drawdowns and climate change, making it a ...

Death Valley is about to get deadlier. The California national park could break its own record for the world’s hottest place early next week as a dangerous heat wave sweeps through the Golden State.