Droughts That Start Over the O...

Oct 7, 2020 by

Droughts That Start Over the Ocean? They’re Often Worse Than Those That Form Over Land

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We Can Solve Water Scarcity in...

Aug 26, 2020 by

We Can Solve Water Scarcity in the U.S., New Study Says

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A Proud California Dairy Farme...

Jun 22, 2020 by

A Proud California Dairy Farmer Battles for Survival in Wildly Uncertain Times

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Heat the Earth more than 3.6° ...

May 28, 2020 by

Heat the Earth more than 3.6° F. and Rain Forests will Release Hundreds of Billions of Tons of CO2

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Emerging Climate-Fueled Megadr...

Apr 17, 2020 by

Emerging Climate-Fueled Megadrought in Western US Rivals Any Over Past 1,200 Years: Study

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New Study Projects Severe Wate...

Feb 20, 2020 by

New Study Projects Severe Water Shortages in the Colorado River Basin

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Australia’s Iconic Platy...

Jan 30, 2020 by

A new study raises concerns about the decline of platypus populations. UNSW Science

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A Call to Action as PlanetR...

Dec 30, 2019 by

Nearly 1,100 scientists, practitioners and experts in groundwater and related fields from 92 countries have called on the governments and non-governmental organizations to “act now” to ensure global groundwater sustainability.

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Has the Climate Crisis in Afgh...

Dec 27, 2019 by

It has been two years since severe drought forced twenty nine-year old Amena and her four children to leave their village Petaw Qol in Waras. Now, they reside in Bamyan city.

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India’s Ominous Future: Too Li...

Nov 26, 2019 by

Decades of short-sighted government policies are leaving millions defenseless in the age of climate disruptions – especially the country’s poor.

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A Quarter of Humanity Faces Lo...

Aug 6, 2019 by

Countries that are home to one-fourth of Earth’s population face an increasingly urgent risk: The prospect of running out of water.

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In Zimbabwe, the Water Taps Ru...

Jul 31, 2019 by

It had been five days since water had stopped flowing out of the taps at Eneres Kaitano’s bungalow in southern Harare, Zimbabwe’s modern and tidy capital city. Five days since she had done any laundry. Five days since she had forbidden her children from using the toilet more than once a day.

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Ravaged by Drought, a Honduran...

Jul 8, 2019 by

People in El Rosario live on the edge of hunger, not knowing if the next harvest will come. Climate change is a driving force of food insecurity.

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Greenland’s Hidden Secret

May 29, 2019 by

Greenland is the Key to Global Sea Level Rise

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In a Warming World, Evidence o...

May 1, 2019 by

Human activity was changing the Earth’s drought and rainfall patterns as far back as the early 20th century, new research shows.

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What drought? These states are...

Apr 18, 2019 by

Wyoming wants to modify the Fontenelle Dam so it can use an extra 80,000 acre-feet of water from a tributary of the once-mighty Colorado River

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NASA Finds Amazon Drought Leav...

Nov 1, 2018 by

A single season of drought in the Amazon rainforest can reduce the forest’s carbon dioxide absorption for years after the rains return, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

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Drought, groundwater loss sink...

Aug 30, 2018 by

The San Joaquin Valley in central California, like many other regions…

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The Arctic Is Burning: Wildfir...

Jul 29, 2018 by

[Translate]  Olivia Rosane Firefighters battle a blaze in a forest in western Sweden, the worst-hit country. Mats Andersson / Getty...

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The U.K. is tropically hot rig...

Jul 27, 2018 by

[Translate] People sunbathing at the mixed bathing pond on Hampstead Heath, London, as heatwave conditions continue across much of...

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Sinking land, poisoned water: ...

Jul 26, 2018 by

[Translate] This Land is Your Land California The floor of the Central Valley is slumping, and there is arsenic in the tap water. Now...

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Crop failure and bankruptcy th...

Jul 23, 2018 by

[Translate] Abnormally hot temperatures continue to wreak devastation across northern and central parts of the continent Arthur...

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A Warming World Creates Desper...

Jun 30, 2018 by

[Translate] Opinion NY Times By Lauren Markham Ms. Markham is a freelance reporter who writes about migration and the environment....

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Running Dry in Cape Town

Feb 1, 2018 by

[Translate] By DIANNA KANE    NYTIMES Photo Residents collecting spring water in Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city, to...

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Photos show Portugal and Spain...

Oct 19, 2017 by

[Translate] Briefly   GRIST.ORG Stuff that matters Europe aflame REUTERS/Pedro Nunes A series of fires in both countries this week...

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off grid box brings clean wate...

Oct 15, 2017 by

[Translate]   based in italy, boston and rwanda, off grid box is an all-in-one system providing sustainable energy and safe...

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At Least 11 Dead and 100 Missi...

Oct 10, 2017 by

[Translate] News & Politics Damage and death toll rises as impacts come into view. By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Wildfire in...

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Western wildfires could still ...

Sep 12, 2017 by

[Translate] Briefly Stuff that matters flame on   GRIST.ORG Reuters / Kari Greer / U.S. Forest Service / Handout While many are...

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The Pacific Northwest’s fiery ...

Aug 7, 2017 by

[Translate] By Eric Holthaus GRIST.ORG It’s feeling a little apocalypse-y in the Pacific Northwest this week. With excessive heat...

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‘Flash drought’ could devastat...

Aug 5, 2017 by

[Translate] Jonathan Moor | Bureau of Land Cereal Killer By Eric Holthaus   GRIST.ORG It’s peak hurricane season, but the nation’s...

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