T he sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation patterns in that vital ...

New research shows that the sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt, along with the influence of the area's shallow groundwater, have significantly altered precipitation ...

The major findings emerging from the study are: (i) micro-irrigation adoption per se was statistically insignificant to make any considerable plunge in the groundwater use, and (ii) technology ...

The Trump administration abruptly sent water flowing from two California dams. The action could leave less water in dams for ...

Kahan Singh Pannu, a retired IAS officer from Punjab, has developed an innovative technique called Seeding of Rice on Beds ...

Specifically making an effort to plant less water-reliant crops or focusing on dryland farming, which uses rainwater rather than irrigation, can reduce U.S. agriculture's reliance on groundwater.

However, over 81% of samples in the country met safe thresholds suitable for irrigation purposes. The north-east region’s groundwater quality falls in the excellent category for irrigation.

The Ogallala Aquifer has been in decline since the mid-20th Century. After World War II, a boom in groundwater irrigation ...