Global water resources are stretched by climate change and human population growth, and farms and cities are increasingly turning to groundwater to fill their needs. Unfortunately, the pumping of ...

Many diverse ecosystems rely on groundwater for a stable water supply. Species can rely directly or indirectly on groundwater for some or all their water requirements, depending on a multitude of ...

Machine learning maps suggest that about 180 to 220 million people may rely on untreated groundwater with manganese above the ...

Manganese is an essential trace element. However, in excessive concentrations, the metal can cause health problems. Two Eawag ...

Decreasing rainfall and increased groundwater use are threatening vegetation and ultimately biodiversity in the Mediterranean biome. Plants that depend on groundwater are particularly vulnerable. We ...

NASA researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions and one- to three-month U.S. forecasts of each product. While maps of ...

Combining direct measurements with artificial intelligence methods, a new map estimates groundwater depth across the continental United States at a resolution of around 30 meters (98 feet). How much ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reed Freidinger walks his dog along a flooded bike path in Mill Valley during a king tide in 2022. (Josh Edelson / AFP/Getty ...

Kurt Calkins doesn’t need a color-coded map to tell him that nearly all of Columbia County’s groundwater is susceptible to contamination, but there it is, in shades of vivid orange. The Columbia ...