Uranium isotopes have emerged as powerful tools in groundwater hydrology for tracing aquifer recharge, residence times and subsurface transport mechanisms. By measuring activity ratios between ...

The traditional hydrologic view of western mountains was constrained by the notion that the only significant natural water storage in mountains is snowpack, giving less attention to soil water storage ...

Noble gas tracers have become indispensable tools in the study of groundwater systems due to their chemical inertness and well‐characterised physical properties. Dissolved concentrations of helium, ...

In 2021, a pandemic reawakened concern with ecology, the science of interconnections. The Chesapeake Bay is the nation's largest estuary, but it does not stand alone. It is part of a large and dynamic ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Any industrial activity near water reserves could, in ...

There is more to freshwater resources than meets the eye. While fresh water is visible in the form of rivers, lakes and glaciers, fresh groundwater resources — hidden beneath the Earth — often go ...

A new study modeled shrub encroachment on a sloping landscape and reached a startling conclusion: Shrub encroachment on slopes can increase the amount of water that goes into groundwater storage. The ...

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 ...

The Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency board of directors voted on May 18 to adopt a groundwater sustainability fee to support ...

Basin sweeps are one of the ways Arizona's water agency keeps track of groundwater levels across the state. After crews are ...