Where hidden water tables meet the Earth’s surface, life can thrive even in the driest locations. Offering refuge during times of drought, shallow groundwater aquifers act like water savings accounts ...

For half the world's population, the water in their drinking glasses comes from below them. Groundwater also supplies 40% of global irrigation projects. Alarmingly, more than a third of the planet's ...

Access to groundwater is crucial to life on Earth, but rising temperatures could render it undrinkable for 75 million people within the next 76 years. In a new study, researchers at the Karlsruhe ...

As climate change pushes seas to rise ever higher, shallow groundwater could become a more costly hazard across the Atlantic coast, particularly in South Florida where the water table sits just feet ...

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

The world’s groundwater aquifers are taking a beating. Decades of unrestrained pumping by thirsty farms and fast-growing cities have drained these underground rock beds, which hold more than 95 ...

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here. As drought and demand affect water resources ...

Chennai's groundwater table remains shallow, with levels between 2 to 9.6 feet, encouraging the use of open wells.

Groundwater levels in several Hyderabad localities have declined sharply ahead of summer, raising fears of a water crisis.

Global map showing the relationship between groundwater-dependent ecosystem density and groundwater storage trends, with areas show in red representing regions where these ecosystems are most at risk ...