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A massive sinkhole in central Turkey is attributed to a three-year drought and climate change.

Massive sinkholes appear in farmers’ fields in central Turkey due to climate change and drought

Climate Change

The recent uptick in sinkholes is largely attributed to rapid groundwater loss as farmers tap deep underground wells to irrigate fields during a nearly three-yearlong drought. 

sinkhole

How to detect a sinkhole — before it swallows you up

Science
Nestle

While Flint waits, Nestle pumps Michigan water on the cheap

Economics
Workers pick strawberries in a field on a farm in Oxnard, California, on February 24, 2015.

Agriculture is thriving in bone-dry California, and that’s not a good thing

Environment
Sediment from a stream bed containing fracking wastewater (jars on the left) developed orange residues after 90 days; sediment from a clean stream bed (jar on the right) did not.

As fracking booms, waste spills rise — and so do arsenic levels in groundwater

Environment

How groundwater is saving California farmers during drought

Environment

Steve Arthur has been in the well-drilling business for decades and says he’s never seen anything quite like what’s happening now in California’s San Joaquin Valley. “People just call and say, ‘Put me on the list.’ I can’t keep up with the demand, “ Arthur says. “I met with two customers yesterday, and ended up […]

How India’s subsidized farms have created a water crisis

Environment

While India is known for it’s monsoons more than its droughts, the country’s Punjab region is suffering through a water crisis due to poor government planning.While India is known for it’s monsoons more than its droughts, the country’s Punjab region is suffering through a water crisis due to poor government planning.

EPA Says Fracking May Cause Pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that fracking may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution. The controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells has been a source of debate across the country. The E.P.A. found that compounds likely associated with fracking chemicals had been detected in the groundwater beneath Pavillion, […]

The World

Science Note/ Candles

Scientists have found that special “candles” can help clean up contaminated groundwater.

The World

Protecting Abundant Water

The upper Midwest is water rich, but Michiganders are wondering if a drier future could make their water a target, and they’re considering precautions.