High & Dry: Talking Groundwater
By Alex Wise, Sea Change Radio
How will we meet the challenges of the world's growing dependence on groundwater? Authors Bill and Rosemary Alley on one of the globe's most deadly threats.
By Alex Wise, Sea Change Radio
How will we meet the challenges of the world's growing dependence on groundwater? Authors Bill and Rosemary Alley on one of the globe's most deadly threats.
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue
In a ruling with substantial importance for water management in the American West, a U.S. appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision that an Indian tribe in California’s Coachella Valley has a right to groundwater beneath its reservation.
By Sandra Postel, National Geographic Newswatch
Imagine if your bank statement arrived each month and told you how much money you had withdrawn and deposited, but told you nothing about how much money you had at the beginning or end of the month.
By Sandra Postel, National Geographic Newswatch
It’s hard to find solutions that confront water depletion, climate change and rural poverty all at once, but an innovative scheme being piloted in the Indian state of Gujarat does just that.
By Glen MacDonald, Yale Environment 360
The record-breaking drought in California is not chiefly the result of low precipitation. Three factors – rising temperatures, groundwater depletion, and a shrinking Colorado River – mean the most populous U.S. state will face decades of water shortages and must adapt.