"Although 2023's huge storms and Hurricane Hilary helped restore the surface reservoirs, we found that there is still substantial depletion in deep aquifers," said lead study author Shujuan Mao ...

“We found that there is still substantial depletion in deep aquifers,” said Shujuan Mao, the study’s lead author, who conducted the research at Stanford and is now an assistant professor at ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National ... aquifer further, including the history of frustrated farmers, rainmakers, and cloud seeding, in our interactive version of this map.

“The loss of aquifer storage capacity can be irreversible,” Mao said. “We hope that our method can help water agencies to fill gaps in their monitoring data, refine hydrologic ...

Scientists used data from seismic sensors to track groundwater beneath the Los Angeles area. Heavy rains in 2023 restored shallow waters, scientists found, but deep aquifers remain depleted.

“We found that there is still substantial depletion in deep aquifers,” said Shujuan Mao, the study’s lead author, who conducted the research at Stanford and is now an assistant professor at the ...