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We’re Ignoring and Devaluing the Value of Water
By The Conversation Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American psychologist who was recognised with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002, gave an interview more than a decade ago in which he stated: “We...
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In Drought-Plagued New Mexico, a City Loses Nearly Half Its Water — To Leaky...
By Michael Benanav Set on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, along a bend in the river about 150 miles south of Albuquerque, the city of Truth or Consequences is home to some 6,000 people....
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From Not Enough Water to Too Much: Floods in Nevada Bring Pain and Relief
By Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current This story is the first in a series. Find part two on environmental consequences here. It’s the second year in a row the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe have had to hook...
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What Is Seawater Intrusion? A Hydrogeologist Explains the Shifting Balance...
By Holly Michael, University of Delaware Seawater intrusion is the movement of saline water from the ocean or estuaries into freshwater systems. The seawater that has crept up the Mississippi River in...
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When Communities Face Drinking-Water Crises, Bottled Water Is a ‘Temporary’...
By Daniel Jaffee, Portland State University A massive intrusion of salt water into the Mississippi River has left the tap water in several Louisiana communities unsafe to drink and could threaten the...
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Dehydration Is No Joke
Yesterday I’d made plans to get together with two good friends to create a video of my Mom. I wanted to create some memories of her talking and laughing. One of my friends brought her small, very...
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Cleaning up Water Pollution Can Nudge Housing Prices
By DUKE UNIVERSITY Water pollution is a major issue throughout the United States. The US government has spent more than $1.23 billion since 2004 on the cleanup of toxic pollutants in waterways around...
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More Folks Are Falling in Love With the West Texas Desert. Will There Be...
By Sarah Melotte Editor’s Note: This article was produced with funding from the Frank Allen Field Reporting Grant from the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. Many rural desert towns in...
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On the Navajo Nation, a Life Without Water
By Richard Tsong-Taatarii This project was made possible with a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. OLJATO, Utah — A bespectacled 65-year-old woman with raven hair bundled in a claw...
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Accelerated Climate Action Needed to Sharply Reduce Current Risks to Life and...
By Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | MIT News Hottest day on record. Hottest month on record. Extreme marine heatwaves. Record-low Antarctic sea-ice....
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A New Way to Swiftly Eliminate Micropollutants From Water
By Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab | MIT News “Zwitterionic” might not be a word you come across every day, but for Professor Patrick Doyle of the MIT Department...
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Bottled Water Has up to 100 Times More Plastic Particles Than Previously Thought
By Joseph Winters, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics —...
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Extreme Drought in Western Pará Pushes Family Farmers Into Agroforestry
By Sibélia Zanon (text) and Julia Lima (video and photos) Translated by Maya Johnson Lost crops, reduced fish numbers, low water levels in rivers and difficult access to potable water have all led to a...
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The Cost of Freeing Drinking Water From ‘Forever Chemicals’
By Charles Schmidt Situated in a former sand and gravel pit just a few hundred feet from the Kennebec River in central Maine, the Riverside Station pumps half a million gallons of fresh groundwater...
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Environmental DNA Is Everywhere. Scientists Are Gathering It All
By Peter Andrey Smith In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, Tamar Barkay used mud in a way that proved revolutionary in a manner she could never have imagined at...
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Whipsawed by Erratic Weather, Mountain Forest Ecosystems Under Stress
By Jack Igelman, Carolina public press Editor’s note: This article is part 1 of the five-part in-depth series Fraught Forests from Carolina Public Press, which examines the challenges of climate...
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Pollution Poses Big Risks to Global Clean Water Supplies, Study Shows
By Sean Mowbray Nitrogen pollution could intensify global water scarcity threefold by 2050, scientists warn in a recently published paper. In addition, “newly emerging pollutants,” such as...
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Brazilian Youngsters Discuss How They Are Tackling the Climate Emergency
by Beatriz Jucá and Leandro Barbosa Affected by drought, pollution, high waters and floods, young people from different Brazilian states describe how climate change is impacting their routines and...
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Rising Temperatures Threaten the Tiny Animals Responsible for Groundwater...
by Bernardo Araujo A new study compared temperatures inside 12 caves around the world with their respective surfaces, showing that average annual temperatures in underground systems tend to mirror...
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Children Learn How to Sow and Harvest Water
By Redacción Perú Innovative initiative. Faced with the effects of climate change, the Fondo Sierra Azul (UEFSA) unit of the Peruvian Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation has started a cycle...
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