Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar-led research suggests climate change, increased monsoon rainfall and expanded ...

What can be done to prevent future declines in the water supply and safeguard the aquifer? The Desert Sun, following up on a series of articles documenting groundwater depletion in the Coachella ...

For many sovereign tribal nations who call the desert home, water insecurity is a reality that shapes everyday life. For too long, the needs of tribal communities across the country have been ...

The aquifer is naturally recharged by 1,000 years of rain and snowmelt from surrounding high-desert mountains. The project is designed to capture water otherwise lost to evaporation and store it ...

Aquifers are the primary source of drinking water for up to two billion people. To avoid overexploitation, lengthy renewal periods of some aquifers must be taken into account. The lengthy ...

The Saudis went after the huge Arabian aquifer with a greater passion than they sought their oil, drilling 2,000 feet deep. The dunes turned green with grain, transforming the desert nation into a ...

This massive energy development stands to pump millions of gallons of water from the fragile desert aquifer in and around the park. Joshua Tree National Park is a biodiverse gem with a rich history ...

The water to perform these miracles in the desert is pumped from far below the surface, from aquifers filled thousands of years ago, when the climate in Saudi Arabia was much wetter. Water in this ...

or an aquifer that is trapped in the sand above impermeable bedrock. Occasional rainfall will keep this water source topped up. At first glance the desert environment might look barren and ...

The pipeline is part of the Cadiz water project, which would pump 16 billion gallons of water a year from the fragile desert aquifer to sprawling developments in Southern California. In today’s ruling ...