The Republican effort to rid the federal government of initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion is expanding to ...

In mid-December 2020, a month before he left office, President Donald Trump quietly signed the Save Our Seas Act to put the ...

This piece originally published in Sierra Magazine on January 31, 2025. All photographs and archival stills are courtesy of Skyhound Media. As moviegoers poured into the lobby of the Lyric Theater in ...

In parts of the United States, there’s no relief from climate change. A fortnight after calamitous wildfire swept across the Los Angeles region, forecasters are warning of four days of terrible ...

Federal agencies remove web sites for environmental justice, USAID water work. House passes a ban on presidential fracking bans. House committees will hold hearings on Clean Water Act permitting, Rio ...

Iran is on the fast track to severe water scarcity. The semi-arid country faces an onslaught of threats to its water supply, including climate change, population growth, mass migration, political ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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Even though the country is growing, U.S. water withdrawals dropped to the lowest level since before 1970 with steep declines for municipal and electric power sectors, according to a U.S. Geological ...