This huge aquifer, stored underneath volcanic rocks deep within the mountains, contains some 19.4 cubic miles of water, or roughly 21,400,000,000,000 gallons, according to a new paper in the ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from ...

The well, wide enough to fall into, taps into the Ogallala aquifer, the immense underground freshwater basin that makes modern life possible in the dry states of Middle America. We have come to ...

Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, a vital freshwater resource in southern Africa, is threatened by mining activities. Uranium, petroleum, and rare ...