groundwater

Rising groundwater threatens thousands of toxic sites in the Bay Area

As climate change brings devastating storms and rising tides to California, many coastal communities face another threat, one that’s hidden…

3 years ago

No time to waste for government to protect drought-stricken West

For decades, Western cities like Las Vegas and Tucson, Ariz., have embraced water conservation and recycling as a means of…

3 years ago

Arizona Begins to Understand Water

Photo: Arizona has finally realized that it cannot grow forever because it doesn’t have water to do so. And this…

3 years ago

Pumping groundwater, redistribution has changed Earth’s spin

H2O IQ editor note: this article cites the scientific paper covered in our preceding post. According to a recent study…

3 years ago

Drift of Earth’s Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993–2010

Photo above: Figure 1. Total groundwater storage change on land (a) and the associated sea level variation (b) for 1993–2010.…

3 years ago