State Geologist Kevin Schilling, director of the Iowa Geological Survey The Iowa legislature has set aside $250,000 to start developing accurate maps of Iowa’s underground water resources. State ...

As climate change pushes seas to rise ever higher, shallow groundwater could become a more costly hazard across the Atlantic coast, particularly in South Florida where the water table sits just feet ...

New research shows that the sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Where hidden water tables meet the Earth’s surface, life can thrive even in the driest locations. Offering refuge during times of drought, shallow groundwater aquifers act ...

Access to groundwater is crucial to life on Earth, but rising temperatures could render it undrinkable for 75 million people within the next 76 years. In a new study, researchers at the Karlsruhe ...

Is groundwater depletion changing how India breathes? Explore new research on how water table levels dictate ecosystem health ...

Global map showing the relationship between groundwater-dependent ecosystem density and groundwater storage trends, with areas show in red representing regions where these ecosystems are most at risk ...