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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There is a solar-powered revolution going on in the fields of India. By 2026, more than 3 million ...

When Minnesota farmers cranked up their wells in a drought, they blew through state limits. Thirsty crops included corn, soybeans and perfect, fry-friendly potatoes. Dionne Searcey drove across ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Nearly a million acres are covered by irrigation permits in South Dakota. It’s not unusual to see an irrigation system dropping water in a crop field in eastern South Dakota ...

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 ...