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.

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

Groundwater is faring no better; 43 of the desert's aquifers are overexploited. Water is particularly important in the Chihuahuan Desert, where the region's poor are largely dependent on the desert's ...

Aquifer levels in parts of western Kansas that rely on groundwater for everything from drinking to irrigation fell more than a foot last year, Kansas Geological Survey scientists said Tuesday. The ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, a vital freshwater resource in southern Africa, is threatened by mining activities. Uranium, petroleum, and rare ...

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.

Namibia’s minister of agriculture, water and land reform, Carl-Hermann Schlettwein, said in June 2024 that his priority was to make sure that the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System would not ...

Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many ...

The overall goal is to reduce groundwater overdraft, a condition in which more water is drawn from a well or aquifer than is ...

Wildfires in Southern California have prompted major discussions about water in the state. Here's an overview of where water ...

Tucson water is trying a unique approach to keep the aquifer basins around the city under control. These basins are used to ...