W.F. Strong points to how geological features defined over a century ago hold lessons for water challenges in the future.

A conveyor belt more than 40 miles long runs from tiny Kermit, Texas, across state borders into Lea County, New Mexico.

Few other scientific drilling ships exist – and none of this caliber. There is Japan’s Chikyū with a maximum drilling depth of 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) and there was the US-owned JOIDES Resolution ...