Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
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The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
Control over water underpins national security, economic stability and social wellbeing, as disputes over rivers from southern Africa to the Nile show.
The Caspian Sea is disappearing fast – and it’s pitting people against nature.
Egypt and Sudan’s insistence on keeping their historical water shares cannot be considered equitable and reasonable.
PFAS exposure can vary significantly from one community to the next. A close-up view of three Great Lakes states offers some insights for everyone.
Subalpine wetlands in the Rocky Mountains are warming, creating the perfect conditions for producing methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin.
Water systems are vulnerable to melting plastic components, toxic contamination and failures that can leave firefighters without flowing water.
Huge numbers of chemical discharges into our waterways are not being classified as a pollution incidents.
Egypt has always relied on the River Nile for its freshwater but needs new sources to cope with a growing population. Desalinating seawater could be a solution.
Water treaties should be rewritten to factor in climate change and new geopolitical realities.
Changes to the landscape and pollution have harmed this vital ecosystem known as the ‘river of grass.’
Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir to funnel in more water, but hundreds of homes stand in the way.
Nationalistic behavior can put people, economies and ecosystems, and even peace, at risk. The US, which paused Columbia River talks with Canada, isn’t the only country shifting in this direction.
Aridity is silently spreading through many of the world’s cocoa-producing regions. There are steps we can take to save them.
Cities across the normally wet Northeast scrambled to reduce water use amid a 2024 drought. It was a reminder that drought isn’t a problem only in the West.
Canadians over-consume water at alarming rates with an antiquated water licensing system that promotes competition and misuse over sustainability.
The country should focus on reusing water and demanding less of it in the first place.
Fires can make drinking water, and the water pipes and tanks themselves, unsafe. A researcher who has worked with communities after several wildfires explains why, and what to do.
The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A hydrologist explains what’s happening.
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
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Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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Senior Research Scientist in Climate, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center & Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Biochemistry, Michigan State University
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Professor of Water Security, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney
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Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
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Reader / Associate Professor in Environmental Geoscience, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Environmental and Soil Chemistry, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Oklahoma State University
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