California's drought has led to a groundwater overdraft
Groundwater pumping accounts for about 10% of water use in an area known as the breadbasket of the world.
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Groundwater pumping accounts for about 10% of water use in an area known as the breadbasket of the world.
NOAA's annual "Arctic Report Card" documents changes in a region warming faster than anywhere else on Earth.
Much of the drop came from fewer people driving in the first months of the pandemic, when schools and office buildings shut down and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered people to stay home.
Greenpeace USA blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
The Nevada boy's death marks at least the third Naegleria fowleri infection recorded in the U.S. this year.
President Biden announced the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by OPEC+ nations.
The donation, the largest the organization has ever received from an individual, comes as membership dropped in the pandemic.
"Unless significant conservation actions are taken, the United States is likely to cause the first anthropogenic extinction of a great whale species," scientists said.
A new report says "humans use as many ecological resources as if we lived on almost two Earths." Now, the planet is facing a "code red" situation.
Undersea blasts that damaged the Nord Stream I and 2 pipelines this week have led to huge methane leaks.
The velocity of the gas erupting from four documented leaks in the pipelines — which NATO has attributed to sabotage — is part of what makes the impacts severe.
What do Barkley and Whiskers have to do with our warming planet? It's the products we buy for them that need a closer look.
The harmful chemicals that have damaged Earth's shield against radiation are on the decline, according to new research.
The study said collapse of key ice sheets, loss of tropical coral reefs and thawing of permafrost could be triggered at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.
"This is about to get significantly more intense," utility official said as the mercury in some parts of the state hits 115 degrees.
California will be the first state in the nation to install solar panel canopies over canals to combat drought and climate change.
A new study finds that more than 120 trillion tons of ice in Greenland is no longer being fed by glaciers and is destined to melt away.
