Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

Over less than 20 years, humans extracted so much groundwater that it changed the tilt of the entire planet and even caused sea levels to rise, a new study suggests. Published in the journal ...

New York City is sinking. Washington, D.C., is sinking, as well. So are Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas, and more than two-dozen of the most populous cities in the United States. Just over one year after ...

Panaji: Though Goa has been catergorised as ‘safe’ with 21.4% groundwater extraction, the latest groundwater assessment for the state by the water resources department has shown that the level of ...

From the Nile to the Mississippi, sinking land is compounding sea-level rise. A new study pinpoints where deltas are dropping ...

New Delhi: Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana extracted more than 100% of their groundwater—significantly ...

The land had been sinking so fast for so long that the canal was failing, so they built an entire new canal, but now that's sinking as well. It's a dramatic reminder that after two good years, ...

New Delhi: Delhi govt, through its chief secretary, has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has started an inquiry to identify officials responsible for illegal groundwater extraction in ...