Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

(CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s affecting Earth’s tilt, according to a new study. Groundwater provides drinking water ...

A study released by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory explored groundwater extraction and how growing demand will affect remaining resources. Scientists focused on when and where groundwater ...

New York City is sinking. Washington, D.C., is sinking, as well. So are Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas, and more than two-dozen of the most populous cities in the United States. Just over one year after ...

Over less than 20 years, humans extracted so much groundwater that it changed the tilt of the entire planet and even caused sea levels to rise, a new study suggests. Published in the journal ...

Research has uncovered groundwater use as the primary driver for a river deltas sinking worldwide. Some river deltas are ...

The NGT directed Pune authorities to respond to claims of illegal groundwater extraction by a private supplier in Kondhwa, ...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has admitted an original application alleging large-scale illegal extraction of groundwater ...

Kujang: Even as the government has imposed curbs on groundwater extraction to conserve the fast-depleting resource, allegations have surfaced that JSW is illegally drawing large quantities of ...