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, ...

Groundwater levels across the American West are at crisis levels thanks to the multi-year drought and climate change.

How much fresh water is in the United States? It's a tough question, since most of the water is underground, accessible at varying depths. In previous decades, it's been answered indirectly from data ...

Groundwater evapotranspiration (ETGW) and water table dynamics represent a pivotal interplay between subsurface hydrological processes and the atmospheric demands of evaporation and plant ...

(KRON) — The recent storms through the Bay Area have caused major flooding in parts of the Bay Area as well as severe damage from saturated soil. “These nine storms that we just had in the Bay Area, ...

Isabel Cameron is a Science Reporter at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. She has covered a range of health topics such as oncology, mental health treatment and weight loss drugs. Isabel joined Newsweek ...

You don’t have to dig deep to hit water in South Florida. In some places in Miami-Dade, a mere foot or two is all that stands between the dry ground and the water running through the porous rock below ...

Don Cameron, the Vice President and General Manager of Terranova Ranch, stands near the canal on the ranch on Feb 21, 2025. Cameron has installed several miles of canals, headgates, and pump systems ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

'Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.' It's a silly rhyme, but one that highlights a simple fact: Humans have long relied on wells -- such as the one visited by Jack and Jill -- ...