irrigation

How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater

Photo: Hari Ram uses a solar-powered pump to supply water to his farm in Solawata, India. REBECCA CONWAY / GETTY IMAGES…

4 weeks ago

The Middle East can show the world how to save water

Photo: A farmer dips his hand into a falaj irrigation channel at Al Ain oasis. These Iron Age networks and…

2 months ago

Groundwater levels are starting to decline across portions of California; here’s the areas of highest risk

Groundwater levels are on the decline worldwide and one of the areas seeing the biggest change is right here in…

2 months ago

‘Phenomenal progress’: Water use in Southern Nevada inches toward goal

Water savings in the Las Vegas Valley are soaring despite population growth, largely thanks to a wetter-than-normal 2023 and persistent…

2 months ago

Study quantifies how aquifer depletion threatens crop yields

Photo: A center-pivot irrigation system waters a cornfield near Adams, Nebraska, about 45 minutes south of Lincoln. A new Husker-led…

2 months ago