The Saudis went after the huge Arabian aquifer with a greater passion than they sought their oil, drilling 2,000 feet deep. The dunes turned green with grain, transforming the desert nation into a ...

Saudi Arabia runs on two fluids – water and oil. Oil is considered by many to be the country's most important natural resource. However, for the Saudis themselves, water is becoming increasingly ...

Saudi Arabia is facing a critical water crisis. With its primary water source, the Arabian aquifer, drying up, the desert kingdom's survival is at stake. This aquifer, formed 20,000 years ago ...

A stony outcropping of the sponge-like rock that makes up the Ogallala Aquifer is exposed in the hills high above Scott State Fishing Lake in Scott County, Kansas. The lake is spring-fed from ...

Average summer temperatures here in the Arabian Desert are around 40C ... that’s formed either from a sub-surface stream, or an aquifer that is trapped in the sand above impermeable bedrock.