Beneath the vast, golden fields of America's Great Plains lies a secret that most people have never heard of - and one that affects what ends up on dinner tables across the entire country. An enormous ...

As the planet gets hotter and its reservoirs shrink and its glaciers melt, people have increasingly drilled into a largely ungoverned, invisible cache of fresh water: the vast, hidden pools found deep ...

Beneath the surface of nearly every inhabited continent, vast stores of freshwater have been accumulating for thousands, ...

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 ...

This story is a part of Understanding Southern Colorado's Groundwater, an occasional series from KRCC about groundwater resources. Read more stories here. As more people move to parts of Southern ...

As you fly over central and western Kansas, you’ll notice distinctive circles in the agricultural fields below. Some might interpret these patterns as evidence of extraterrestrial activity, but ...

The Memphis aquifer, the primary drinking water source for Shelby County, has naturally occurring breaches in its protective clay layer. Pollutants from as far back as the 1940s could be entering the ...

Hear why some environmentalists are concerned about the health of central Illinois’ main water supply. Learn about a new effort to make disposing of household hazardous waste more convenient. Plus, ...

Drinking water sourced from newer groundwater or carbonate aquifers is linked to a significantly increased risk for Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows.

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District recently announced the 34th consecutive month of drought conditions for Edwards and Trinity aquifers. Falling into Stage III ...

Where drinking water comes from and what it contains may affect Parkinson's disease risk, a recent study suggests.