A UC Riverside study has found that as land in California's Central Valley sinks due to excessive groundwater pumping, so do local housing values. The research found that homes in subsiding — or ...

A study using NASA satellites found the Colorado River Basin is depleting rapidly, losing water equal to Lake Mead's capacity ...

New research from Arizona State University and NASA indicates Arizona's reliance on groundwater is in jeopardy, as ...

Freshwater is disappearing from the world’s continents faster than ever before. New satellite data shows a clear and alarming ...

In a new revelation that has sparked concern among environmentalists and researchers, satellite data from NASA’s GRACE ...

This story is the first part of a four-part series about three groundwater basins in Colorado. It was originally published by ...

The planet has endured massive freshwater losses over the past two decades due to the combined effects of climate change, overconsumption and drought, a new study has found. Arid land areas are ...

Now, a new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water — accounting for its rivers and rain, ice and aquifers together — warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly ...

New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that Earth's continents have experienced ...

Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater ...

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rates. Fueled by climate change, groundwater ...