Traditional flood irrigation is depleting groundwater and increasing soil salinity across the Gulf, endangering sustainable date palm farming, a senior Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) expert ...

Sustainable rates of groundwater withdrawal in Oregon's Harney Basin were surpassed 20 years prior to the time declining groundwater levels were generally recognized, a new analysis found. Sustainable ...

Punjab once fed a hungry nation. Guided by government policy and buoyed by subsidised power, farmers embraced paddy and wheat ...

In a Policy Forum, Soumya Balasubramanya and colleagues argue that the carbon emissions reductions gleaned from the rapidly expanding transition to solar-powered groundwater irrigation by ...

Drought is a widespread concern in the Western U.S., and water managers across the region are developing groundwater management plans to conserve the essential resource. Groundwater is often pumped to ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The state government panel that makes decisions on water permits in South Dakota is re-opening an ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego report in a new study a way to improve groundwater monitoring by using a remote sensing technology (known as InSAR), in conjunction with climate ...

Hibbard Spring on the southern edge of Warm Springs Valley, Oregon in the Harney Basin. View looking east. Sustainable rates of groundwater withdrawal in Oregon’s Harney Basin were surpassed 20 years ...