Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study that shows how the depletion of groundwater—the same that many farmers rely on for irrigation—can threaten food production amid drought and ...

The Edwards Aquifer Authority pays millions to get irrigators to pump less water. It’s all to protect the springs that are home to endangered species. In a field near Castroville, Jared Boehme bent ...

One-quarter of the world’s population is currently water-stressed, using up almost their entire fresh water supply each year. The UN predicts that by 2030, this will climb to two-thirds of the ...