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A never-ending challenge in tracking groundwater availability and sustainability is the fact that it’s hidden underground, making it difficult to accurately characterize, says Kevin Dennehy, national coordinator of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Ground-Water Resources Program.

A demonstration project in Huntsville, Texas, evaluated the effectiveness of using Thermal Integrity Profiling (TIP) to assess the integrity of soil nails.

Geotechnical drilling projects in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States have become increasingly complex as “developable” sites become more problematic because of severe geologic problems and topographic constraints.

It's a tough call, but we think "fracking" makes more sense in our pages.

What researchers find may seem boring, but can help maintain the resource, jobs.

Hawaii’s tropical beauty attracts tourists from across the globe.

Duke University professor of geochemistry and water quality Avner Vengosh has been studying the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing for the last five years with a team of scientists.

"I think what’s happening . . is that there’s an effort being made to make [fracking chemicals] as less toxic as possible,” Michael Thurman says.