WASHINGTON (AP) — The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in many places faster than in the past 40 years, according to a new study ...

A center-pivot irrigation system waters a cornfield near Adams, Nebraska, about 45 minutes south of Lincoln. A new Husker-led study shows how the depletion of groundwater — the same that many farmers ...

Groundwater is rapidly declining across the globe, often at accelerating rates. Writing in the journal Nature, UC Santa Barbara researchers present the largest assessment of groundwater levels around ...

A company drills a well in a pistachio orchard near Terra Bella, Calif., in 2021. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) From California's Central Valley to the croplands of Iran, groundwater depletion has ...

The scale of what's happening beneath Iran's surface is staggering. This isn't just a water shortage. It's something far ...

FILE - A Samburu man gives cows water in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 15, 2022. The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in ...

Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study that shows how the depletion of groundwater—the same that many farmers rely on for irrigation—can threaten food production amid drought and ...

This paper provides the most comprehensive account yet of trends in groundwater levels around the world. Darker colors indicate changes of 10 cm/year or more. Credit: Jasechko et al. This paper ...

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