"This is an 'all-hands-on-deck' moment." Scientists issue alarming warning over worsening crisis that could impact billions ...

A UC Riverside study has found that as land in California's Central Valley sinks due to excessive groundwater pumping, so do ...

Groundwater depletion is accelerating in many parts of the world — but regulation can help, study finds FILE – A Samburu man gives cows water in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 15, 2022.

Overuse has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheet.

Groundwater depletion is rapidly accelerating, creating areas of "mega-drying" in regions that heavily depend on groundwater for their drinking supplies.

And this depletion is accelerating in many places: the rates of groundwater decline in the 1980s and ’90s sped up from 2000 to the present, highlighting how a bad problem became even worse.

A 2023 study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters found that a tremendous amount of groundwater has been extracted from beneath our feet — more than 2 trillion tons of groundwater between ...

Groundwater serves as the lifeline of agriculture and human settlements in arid zones, yet it remains under severe threat due to overuse and decreasing replenishment. In the Middle Draa Valley, ...

The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in many places faster than in the past 40 years, according to a new study Wednesday, Jan ...

And this depletion is accelerating in many places: the rates of groundwater decline in the 1980s and '90s sped up from 2000 to the present, highlighting how a bad problem became even worse.

Groundwater is one of the largest freshwater sources anywhere in the world, making the depletion of aquifers a significant concern. Overpumping aquifers can make land sink and wells run dry ...