Then that basin dried up. But rainfall continued to eat away at the earth to create the deep fissures and caverns inside the aquifer. Scientists like Devitt think that as the climate became more ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from ...

The results show that the volume of rainwater is insufficient to replenish the Guarani Aquifer and is exceeded by the amount of water withdrawn for use in human activities, endangering the ...