Scientists recently released research showing where groundwater is most at risk of contamination by orphan wells.

The Appalachian Basin – which includes parts of eastern Ohio – is one of the areas where aquifers are most at risk.

Scientists found millions of Americans may be regularly exposed to dangerous levels of arsenic, and they may not even know it ...

Matt LaFever has reported on California’s North Coast in print and radio for nearly a decade. A Humboldt State grad and ...

Intensive study in Minjur to assess groundwater exploitation and combat seawater intrusion with Managed Aquifer Recharge ...

During the last ice age, storms soaked the now-arid Southwestern U.S., while today's rainy Pacific Northwest remained relatively dry. As global temperatures rose and ice sheets retreated, those storms ...

Vital research into threats to the Chesapeake Bay from invasive blue catfish, PFAS contamination, climate change and land use ...

Modern groundwater records are limited to just the last few centuries and are complicated by human activity. To examine longer-term trends, the research team analyzed fossil groundwater from 17 ...

But while two feet may feel far off, experts say the impacts of rising tides and extreme rainfall are being felt now. The widespread street flooding from two gloomy days of rain last week in South ...