Polluted runoff is still smothering the Great Barrier Reef, our first national assessment of water quality trends in ...

A recent U.S. Geological Survey study projects that rising sea levels and stronger, more intense storms will exacerbate four ...

Much of the U.S.'s development over the last few centuries was thanks to the country's bountiful supply of groundwater aquifers. Unlike rivers and lakes, aquifers hold freshwater underground ...

Groundwater-containing rock formations, termed aquifers, are commonly recharged through precipitation seeping through the soil. During this passage, substances taken up at the surface are removed ...

Underground conduits represent major routes by which groundwater nutrients can be transported over several kilometers and supplied to barrier reef ecosystems, resulting in “islands” of high ...

Move is intended to replenish above-ground and groundwater storage that remains depleted after multiple years of drought – ...

The barrier system was brought into operation ... released an estimate arguing the frozen wall would prevent 95 tons of groundwater from entering the plant daily. That level would be half of ...