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A majority of the world's major water sources are being depleted faster than they can be refilled
Famiglietti says this creates a self-reinforcing cycle where people who live closer to the equator …
Matthew Speiser
A scary amount of uranium is contaminating the drinking water of 6 million US residents
Nitrate has also been shown to have adverse health effects on humans, although it mostly affects pe…
Barbara Tasch
The Earth's Freshwater Reserves Are Disappearing
In many parts of the world, in particular in the dry, mid-latitudes, far more water is used than is…
NASA Earth Observatory
There’s too much uranium in India’s water, and nobody’s watching it
Groundwater depletion and nitrate pollution are problems that India is already familiar with…
Silicon Valley's largest city is sounding the alarm about a drinking water crisis that no one knows how to fix
In times of drought, California farmers have taken to over-pumping water through underground aquife…
Aria Bendix
The US has pumped so much groundwater that it's literally splitting the ground open across the American Southwest
Giant, mile-long cracks in the ground are turning up across the Southwestern US because Americans h…
Maiya Focht,Sebastian Cahill
California may finally be coming out of its horrendous drought - but a water expert warns it's not over yet
For one thing, there has been a lot of rain, meaning that most of the state's precipitation and sno…
Erin Brodwin
Researchers explored pitch-black pits in Yucatán's labyrinthine underwater caves to unlock the secrets of the rivers that provide drinking water to millions
Researchers sampled locations in Yucatán's underwater caves to map the microbes that live there and…
Jenny McGrath
Much of ?California's incredible new 'windfall' of underground water may be unusable
In a press release Jackson was careful to note that, just because groundwater is underneath or near…
Sarah Kramer
Indo-German team discovers new catfish species in Kerala with no eyes, blood-red body
An Indo-German team of researchers has discovered a new species of catfish in Kerala measuring no m…
PTI
Divers found human waste in Tulum's sinkholes and cave pools as a construction boom in the region destroys a natural water filtration system
Cenotes in Tulum, Mexico, have grown polluted as construction in the popular tourist town booms to …
Sarah Jackson
Over 1,000 experts call for global action on 'depleting' groundwater
New Delhi, Dec 25 () Nearly 1,100 scientists, practitioners and experts in groundwater and related …
PTI
Yellowstone National Park is using 'thirsty' concrete that absorbs 3,000 gallons of water per hour
Flexi-Pave is 23% porous, thanks to a careful combination of tires, stone, and a proprietary binder…
Chris Weller
Scientists Discovered Massive Freshwater Reserves Underneath The Ocean Floor
Lead author Vincent Post, from Australia's Flinders University, said that an estimated 500,000 cubi…
Agence France Presse
20 extreme photos of water pollution around the world
Toxic chemicals from industrial processes, such as those used in fracking or in the process of dril…
Julia Calderone
We Can End The Controversy Over Fracking Right Now
The list goes on — though as it turns out, not even 154 pages of "Mitigation Measures" gives the fu…
Rob Wile
California's mega-farms have a dark side that could put our supply of fruits, vegetables, and nuts at risk
In the center of California lies one of the most important agricultural areas in the US - an 18,000…
Aria Bendix
Katie Canales
We are already seeing the first examples of how climate change will leave us all thirsty
Higher temperatures can increase the chance of drought, making water scarce. Hotter weather also me…
Chelsea Harvey
The 10 scariest chemicals used in hydraulic fracking
Numerous ProPublica investigations, however, found fracking to be the common thread in more than 1,…