More carbon means powerful storms and floods, worse droughts and wildfires lie ahead. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – President Trump blew a lot of smoke at his inauguration. He promised more oil ...

Brine is generally defined as water with a salt concentration higher than 50 parts per thousand, though some brines can be several times saltier Average salinity of the world’s oceans is roughly 35 ...

As they span significant areas of Asia, Europe and the Americas, karst landscapes cover some 15 percent of the Earth’s land mass. Scientists estimate that these areas of porous bedrock are home to as ...

Water, or lack thereof, is often at the frontlines of conflict. By documenting water conflict across history, Dr. Peter Gleick, chief scientist and president emeritus of the Pacific Institute, ...

Six months ago Cape Town was a city on edge. The mayor had declared that Day Zero, when officials would shut off water to most homes and businesses in order to preserve fast-shrinking reservoirs, was ...

Out of sight and often neglected, Michigan’s more than one million septic systems are an overlooked health and environmental risk for the state’s groundwater, rivers, and lakes, and the people who use ...

And lastly, President Trump visits recent disaster zones in California and North Carolina. “I wanted to go to Los Angeles and see what was going on with California, why they aren’t releasing the water ...

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Mercury in the water can accumulate to dangerous levels in fish, making them unsafe to eat. When the Clean Water Act was introduced, mercury was used in a host of products, including batteries, and ...

From the perspective of Americans who live in Michigan and Wisconsin, the Line 5 oil pipeline across the Straits of Mackinac makes no sense. It’s old, 72 years old. Line 5 is older than the U.S.