I’m pretty sure I learned about aquifers in a middle school classroom during a science unit on the water cycle. But, like most people, I’ve entirely forgotten what I learned or didn't pay close ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from water ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — In this week's Science Snippet, Meteorologist Stefanie Lauber introduces us to the "underground rivers", or aquifers right below the Coastal Bend. According to the United ...

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains. The two ...

The scale of what's happening beneath Iran's surface is staggering. This isn't just a water shortage. It's something far ...

Everyone living in and visiting Florida has an “aquifer footprint.” Your aquifer footprint is measured by the amount of groundwater you use and your individual contribution of nitrate-nitrogen to the ...

A helicopter towing a coil frame using electromagnetic technology will be flying over much of Ford, Iroquois and Vermilion counties to provide a better picture of what the Mahomet aquifer looks like.

Conventional sprinkler irrigation. Source - USDA Photo by Lance Cheung., Public Domain Conventional sprinkler irrigation. Source - USDA Photo by Lance Cheung., Public Domain The Kansas Water Authority ...

Re “Refilling an aquifer, a few million gallons at a time” (front page, April 18): Recycling wastewater into drinking water sounds like a great idea and I applaud it. But if it is drinkable and safe, ...

Fossil water refers to underground reservoirs formed during the last glacial ice age. Also known as petrowater or paleowater, fossil water borrows its name from paleontology. Like a traditional fossil ...

Editor's note: Viewing this story in our app? Click here for a better experience on our website. Millions of years ago, sediment from the Rocky Mountains was deposited in the High Plains. Over ...