The subterranean aquifer lurking in the mountains contains three times as much water as Lake Mead at full capacity.

Sunny with a high of 45 °F (7.2 °C). Winds from NNW to N. Night - Partly cloudy. Winds N. The overnight low will be 25 °F (-3.9 °C). Sunny today with a high of 51 °F (10.6 °C) and a low of ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. Night - Partly cloudy. Winds NNW. The overnight low will be 33 °F (0.6 °C). Mostly sunny today ...

It was two days before Thanksgiving when my husband, Benjamin, and I stood on a jet bridge in San Diego awaiting our flight ...

Looking at the map, Benjamin noted, “It’s a freeway surrounded by ... Welcoming us to Redding were cotton-candy skies pierced ...

Researchers have discovered an underground aquifer in Oregon's Cascade Range is significantly larger than previously thought ...

The hidden water reservoir is shockingly larger than previously thought—holding more than half the volume of Lake Tahoe.

Scientists have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many times larger than previously estimated -- at least 81 ...

Oregon's Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount ...

The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week.