Groundwater supplies are declining rapidly in five farming-dominated basins across Arizona where pumping isn't regulated, ... ADWR relied heavily on estimates done by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Arizona Geological Survey is aware of about 1.5 more additional miles of fissuring on private property in the Willcox Basin that it hasn’t mapped, said Joe Cook, a research geologist for the ...

Agriculture was booming in the basin by the mid-19th century. It grew from 3,000 acres to 14,000 in just a decade, 75% of it dedicated to cotton, a U.S. Geological Service report said. From 1947 ...

If Arizona’s Colorado River water allocation was cut to zero, “we could burn through the available groundwater in 50 years,” Famiglietti said. “We’re talking about decades. That’s scary.

Yellowstone National Park has a new plan for dealing with geologic hazards like thermal explosions and earthquakes for the ...

If Arizona’s Colorado River water allocation was cut to zero, “we could burn through the available groundwater in 50 years,” Famiglietti said. “We’re talking about decades. That’s scary.

If Arizona’s Colorado River water allocation was cut to zero, “we could burn through the available groundwater in 50 years,” Famiglietti said. “We’re talking about decades. That’s scary.