Historic rains filled Greater Los Angeles reservoirs and shallow aquifers nearly to capacity in 2023. But drought conditions ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic data.

The greater Los Angeles area has long been subject of intense seismographic monitoring. A network of highly sensitive seismometers peppers the region ...

Scientists using seismic data tracked groundwater levels beneath the L.A. area. They found heavy rains in 2023 boosted ...

More than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped rainfall on California in 2023 but replenished only 25 percent of the water lost from aquifers since 2006.

The Los Angeles area’s groundwater remained depleted even after a series of historic atmospheric rivers struck the region in ...

Groundwater is water stored beneath the Earth's surface in the spaces between rocks and sediments, collectively known as aquifers.

Despite record rainfall in the region in early 2023, only a fraction of Southern California’s groundwater reserves has been replenished, researchers report. Their study, which leverages seismic noise ...

Water is now a contested resource around the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in the fight playing out over the ...

Tracking and predicting sea level rise involves more than measuring the height of our oceans: Land along coastlines also ...