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

I think it points to one of the unique things about the Central Oregon Cascades, which is its geologic ... call the critical zone. It’s this near-surface layer where atmospheric processes ...

University of Oregon scientists and partners published a study on Jan. 13; the study said they found an aquifer running ...

Karlstrom — along with researchers from Oregon State University, Duke and the U.S. Forest Service — are trying to map out how much water is stored beneath the volcanic rocks of the Cascades.