Aquifers are the primary source of drinking water for up to two billion people. To avoid overexploitation, lengthy renewal periods of some aquifers must be taken into account. The lengthy ...

The Sahara, the largest desert on Earth, conceals vast deposits of fresh water beneath its sands. Just a few thousand years ago, it was a green land , inhabited by humans and animals.

This massive energy development stands to pump millions of gallons of water from the fragile desert aquifer in and around the park. Joshua Tree National Park is a biodiverse gem with a rich history ...

Cadiz has been trying for nearly 30 years to win government approvals to transfer water via pipelines from its desert aquifer to various water delivery agencies around Southern California.

The water to perform these miracles in the desert is pumped from far below the surface, from aquifers filled thousands of years ago, when the climate in Saudi Arabia was much wetter. Water in this ...

Groundwater is life in Arizona. Find out how we’re helping Grand Canyon communities manage their limited water supplies.

The pipeline is part of the Cadiz water project, which would pump 16 billion gallons of water a year from the fragile desert aquifer to sprawling developments in Southern California. In today’s ruling ...

The right-of-way would facilitate Cadiz’s groundwater-mining scheme to drain ancient aquifers under the Mojave Desert to feed sprawling new developments in Southern California. “This deeply flawed ...

If climate change caused the fires in Los Angeles, those changes are man-made.