Kujang: Even as the government has imposed curbs on groundwater extraction to conserve the fast-depleting resource, ...

It's 2026, yet many houses in Balochistan's provincial capital have still never been connected to a water pipeline.

Research has uncovered groundwater use as the primary driver for a river deltas sinking worldwide. Some river deltas are ...

Officials warn that without urgent action, the city may face a severe water shortage within next five to ten years.

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...

Indonesia’s capital city is sinking at an alarming rate, with some areas dropping by up to 25 centimeters each year. Home to ...

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

A summer paddy ban in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar highlights growing concerns over groundwater depletion amid India’s ...

A recent assessment estimates that Jakarta’s land is sinking at an average rate of 3.5cm per year. Read more at ...

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

A study published in Nature shows that many of the world's major river deltas are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, ...

Researchers analyzed 40 deltas across five continents, including the Mississippi, Mekong, Nile and Ganges–Brahmaputra systems ...