A study published Nov. 19 in Communications Earth and Environment shows land in California's San Joaquin Valley has been ...

After weathering, erosion and dissolution, calcium sulfate re-enters the aquifer where ... ideal conditions for sand roses to crystallize. A north-south elongated belt of eolian sand reaches ...

In Bexar County, the J-17 well measuring the Edwards Aquifer had dipped below 625 feet, approaching the lowest levels recorded since the well was drilled in 1932. Now, 34 years later, the aquifer ...

A worker has died at a sand mine in Lochaber. Emergency services were called to Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd at Lochaline at about 12:25 on Monday. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Some jurisdictions are trying to crack down on illegal mining, but the world's insatiable demand for sand is unlikely to slow. As one of the deadliest typhoons in decades ripped through Vietnam ...

Take a walk along a beach in parts of South Australia, and you may come across unusual patches of pink sand. When a team of geologists began analysing samples of this mysterious sand to find out ...

Water depletion has accelerated since 2005, according to ADWR data, resulting in a loss of 2 million acre-feet of water stored in the aquifer. ADWR Director Tom Buschatzke could either move ...

What can you see at the beach? Sunsets, crashing waves, shells, sea turtles, and fleas. Wait, fleas? Yes, sand fleas are a thing, and most of us have spotted them hopping around the shoreline. They’re ...

Part of the solution to the high concentration of nitrates in the Lower Umatilla Basin will be determining what the groundwater management area actually looks like under the surface. However ...

Asked about climate change last week, Trump gave a rambling answer about getting “environmental awards” for “the water, the sand, the mixing of the sand and the water.” We’re not really ...