GEORGE F. LEE / DEC. 10 Board of Water Supply Manager and Chief Engineer Ernie Lau expressed his desire to protect Oahu’s ...

The finding has implications for the way scientists and policymakers think about water in the region—an increasingly urgent issue across the Western United States as climate change reduces ...

The project aims to expand the fundamental knowledge of geology and hydrology in Northwest and Southeast Louisiana, Central ...

The team of researchers was able to map the extent of the aquifer by relying on previous field work in the 1980s and 1990s during which scientists had drilled holes to measure temperatures deep ...

North of the California border, scientists just found 21 trillion gallons of water hiding in the cracks of volcanic rock.

Does this aquifer give us an advantage during a climate change era — a geologic gift? Grant: It absolutely is. In Southern California, water is stored and available because of two things.

Scientists have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many ... across the Western United States as climate ...