groundwater

How do we prevent today’s water crisis becoming tomorrow’s catastrophe?

“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” In these lines, Samuel Taylor Coleridge made a prescient point: while seawater…

7 years ago

European Commission: Groundwater

Groundwater as a resource: groundwater constitutes the largest reservoir of freshwater in the world, accounting for over 97% of all…

7 years ago

Hydrological drought explained

Abstract — Drought is a complex natural hazard that impacts ecosystems and society in many ways. Many of these impacts…

7 years ago

California’s water policy at potential tipping point

Recent rain and snowfall conditions have us all hoping 2017 may be a wet year and offer a break in…

7 years ago

Phosphate giant Mosaic agrees to pay nearly $2 billion over mishandling of hazardous waste

Mosaic Fertilizer, the world's largest phosphate mining company, has agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to settle a federal lawsuit…

9 years ago