30 million Americans live in areas where surface water supply struggles to meet demand, according to a new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The report highlights alarming disparities, ...

Parts of North America are poised to become “hotspots of water scarcity” within decades, partly because pollutants will make some water sources harder to use, scientists warned on Tuesday, urging ...

Drinking water in the United States is at risk, scientists have said, as nitrogen pollution seems to be increasing. In a new study, scientists found that a third of the world's drinking water could be ...

As global leaders and innovators converge for Climate Week NYC, a critical issue remains conspicuously absent from the event’s 10 official themes: water scarcity. Across the globe, the struggle to ...

Just as rivers flow across the land, sustaining communities, livelihoods and biodiversity, ‘invisible rivers’ flow above us, carrying more water vapour than all the rivers on Earth combined. These ...

The world is facing a looming global water crisis that threatens to “spiral out of control” as increased demand for water and the intensifying impacts of the climate crisis put huge pressure on water ...

UD doctoral student draws on experience growing up in Ethiopia to help solve water crises in his home country and beyond Growing up in Ethiopia, University of Delaware doctoral student Endalkachew ...

Billionaires are accused of exploiting California’s water scarcity for profit. The Resnicks’ water empire raises questions ...