Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

New York City is sinking. Washington, D.C., is sinking, as well. So are Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas, and more than two-dozen of the most populous cities in the United States. Just over one year after ...

Over less than 20 years, humans extracted so much groundwater that it changed the tilt of the entire planet and even caused sea levels to rise, a new study suggests. Published in the journal ...

Panaji: Though Goa has been catergorised as ‘safe’ with 21.4% groundwater extraction, the latest groundwater assessment for the state by the water resources department has shown that the level of ...

Drawings by Anthony Acciavatti describe the sheer amount of rivers and tributaries that feed into the world’s groundwater sources. (Hatnim Lee) For Anthony Acciavatti, who has been studying water for ...

New Delhi: Delhi govt, through its chief secretary, has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has started an inquiry to identify officials responsible for illegal groundwater extraction in ...

The land had been sinking so fast for so long that the canal was failing, so they built an entire new canal, but now that's sinking as well. It's a dramatic reminder that after two good years, ...

Walkers stroll on the bike path trail adjacent to Bol Park in Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood, where extraction wells have been removing groundwater contamination for three decades. Photo by ...

A summer paddy ban in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar highlights growing concerns over groundwater depletion amid India’s ...

What is a water crisis? How severe is it in India? A water crisis occurs when the availability of safe, usable water falls short of demand. The World Bank defines water scarcity as a situation where ...