Groundwater

Sand mining 'mafias' destroying environment, livelihoods - UN

Extraction in rivers and beaches has increased pollution and flooding, lowered groundwater levels, hurt marine life, and exacerbated the occurrence and severity of landslides and drought, UN says.

Rising tides, sinking cities

As the global population rises and our demand for water increases, cities all over the world are sinking as groundwater is tapped into at an unregulated rate.