Maui Fires Could Contaminate the Island’s Waters
Researchers in Hawaii are studying the effects of the deadly blazes on its island of Maui, including how they have impacted drinking-water quality and might affect local marine ecosystems...
Researchers in Hawaii are studying the effects of the deadly blazes on its island of Maui, including how they have impacted drinking-water quality and might affect local marine ecosystems...
A Federal Emergency Management Agency analysis of New York City’s inadequate storm drainage system shows that many urban areas can’t handle more intense rainfall
Human depletion of groundwater has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more than four centimeters per year
Researchers are discovering freshwater reservoirs below the coastal seafloor that might someday save dry regions from drought
Tapping undersea reserves could combat water scarcity
How geologic activity—and climate change—can alter and threaten coastal freshwater reserves
Coastal cities could benefit from newfound reserves of water
A hidden freshwater reserve could be an important future resource
In an interview with Scientific American, author Melissa Sevigny discusses her book Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon...
The Clean Water Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that has fundamentally changed water pollution in the U.S., is under attack when it should be strengthened instead
Using “slow water” methods can make the Colorado River Basin and its people more resilient
More sustainable ways of removing persistent chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment are on the horizon.
A severe drought that has led to near-famine conditions in the Horn of Africa would not have happened without the influence of climate change, a new analysis finds
Communities across the U.S. West are preparing for flooding and mudslide disasters as record snow begins to melt
Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first U.N. conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference?
Experts hope that with the incoming Biden administration, the federal government will finally regulate a class of chemicals known as PFASs
A near-record amount of snow in California could ease some water restrictions after years of climate-change-fueled drought
A collaboration helped convince policy makers at COP27 to finally prioritize water as a critical resource affected by climate change. It was a win long in the making
A visualization compares the forms of Earth’s largest flows of ice
To prevent devastating droughts and floods, humanity can tune in to natural solutions to repair water cycles that human development has disrupted
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