In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed a colossal reserve of freshwater, estimated at 670 cubic miles, ...

A vast expansion of ocean desalination plants globally would offset annual sea level rise and have significant beneficial economic and social impacts.

Major new infrastructure planned around the Caspian Sea will be legally required to meet transboundary environmental ...

MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a living ...

What if the answer to the world’s growing water crisis was hidden in the depths of the ocean? For decades, the idea of turning seawater into drinkable freshwater has been plagued by high costs, ...

Measuring and comparing sea surface temperatures is complex, but scientists agree on one thing: A high reading this week is bad news for wildlife. By Hiroko Tabuchi The reading from a buoy off Florida ...

This story was originally published at Grist and is republished here by permission. In the spring of 1905, the Colorado River, bursting with seasonal rain, topped an irrigation canal and flooded the ...