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Groundwater temperatures could rise several notches by 2100, making it too hot to drink for millions!
Groundwater, the Earth's largest source of unfrozen freshwater, is under threat. As our planet heat…
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Groundwater to get over 3 degrees warmer by century's end, threatening water quality and safety: Study
Groundwater is projected to warm by 2-3.5 degrees Celsius before the turn of this century, potentia…
PTI
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Water crisis affects businesses across Bengaluru; Is there room for cautious optimism?
Bidding to reduce their reliance on the exorbitant tankers — a necessary step after the exhaustion …
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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
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Saline groundwater in Sundarbans makes people buy drinking water, quit farming
The central sector of the Indian Sundarban biosphere reserve is hyper-saline. No freshwater dischar…
PTI
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A record amount of rain and snow has replenished California's reservoirs. For the first time in years, farms in the state's Central Valley don't have to rely on groundwater.
The practice of tapping groundwater can be unsustainable over long periods of time, as it depletes …
Katie Hawkinson
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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
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Maharashtra’s groundwater crisis is so bad that farmers might need special approval to plant water-intensive crops
The WWRC will be a district-level body comprising of a panchayat leader as well as officials fro…
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At this rate, India will be living on imported water by 2050
Thanks to the rapidly disappearing groundwater stock, India might have to import drinking water by …
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Almost half of all major Chinese cities are sinking, study says
Parts of the US have also suffered from subsidence, with more than 17,000 square miles of land acro…
Cameron Manley
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First Tim Cook, now Satya Nadella is also wooing Indonesia — the world's 4th most populous nation
Microsoft plans to invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in cloud and AI infrastructure in I…
Beatrice Nolan
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As rain and snow events become more intense, so could our earthquakes, study finds
A groundbreaking study has found that certain weather phenomena — particularly heavy snowfall and r…
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Garden city to concrete jungle: Bengaluru city has just 7% green cover left, reveals IISc study
Bengaluru's urbanised area has expanded by a staggering 1055% since 1973, from a mere 8% to 93.3% i…
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Dipping reservoir stores in South India raise alarms on possible water shortages ahead
Looking ahead, despite current shortages, many state governments assure the public of sufficient wa…
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Why a Wisconsin county is dumping cheese brine on its roads this winter
When winter storms come, most cities use salt to keep roads safe. But some places in Wisconsin reac…
Maiya Focht
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A fight over sewage is preventing Long Island from solving its crippling housing crisis
Many residents in Suffolk County, Long Island, are waking up to groundwater contamination and a hou…
Eliza Relman
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Worried about 'forever chemicals' in your water? Try electron-beaming it!
Fast-food wrappers, paper plates, and non-stick pans share a hidden danger: forever chemicals. Nume…
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At Delta, equity has become a 'key lever' in its DEI strategy
Delta Air Lines' DEI strategy includes a focus on equity, partnerships, and investments in learning…
Tim Paradis
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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
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Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation
SaliCrop, a seed enhancement company, is working to make crops more resilient to climate change, wi…