Much of the planet relies on groundwater. And in places around the world – from the United States to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America – so much water is pumped from the ground ...

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SACRAMENTO - Groundwater levels are on the decline worldwide and one of the areas seeing the biggest change is right here in our own backyard. A study in Journal Nature found groundwater levels ...

A decade and a half later, it dropped to 140 feet. Until 1971, groundwater below the earth’s surface was the only source of water in the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada Water Authority ...

It’s the first study to piece together what’s happening to groundwater levels at a global scale, according to the researchers involved, and will help scientists better understand what impact ...

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. Groundwater wells in Southern Nevada have maintained stable water levels over the past two years, officials said, defying a trend of ...

Groundwater accounts for around 30 per cent of the world’s freshwater, making it an important resource for addressing current global issues, such as world population growth, agricultural ...

Decades ago, chemicals from manufacturing plants seeped into the groundwater in the San Fernando Valley, contaminating the aquifer. As part of ongoing cleanup efforts, the federal Environmental ...