This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the drought outlook for the Western U.S. becomes increasingly bleak, attention is turning once again to groundwater – literally, water stored in the ground. It is Earth’s most widespread…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Craig Koller grew up splashing through backyard creeks and biking gravel trails, sometimes through the Johnson Control Industries Fire Technology Center. Black smoke wafted overhead as it conducted controlled burns to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Bidtah Becker, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, was growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, clean water flowed from the taps at her house. She and her siblings often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A survey of close to 700 articles from different disciplines and regions of the world highlights key factors that contribute to this situation. These include Indigenous peoples’ reliance on traditional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system by removing and replacing dangerous lead pipes. As a geochemist and environmental health researcher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The current imagination of safe drinking water is limited to surface water-based drinking water supply schemes and installing large-scale water treatment systems. But these solutions are infrastructure-focused; time- and cost-intensive.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change and water scarcity are front and center in the western U.S. The region’s climate is warming, a severe multi-year drought is underway and groundwater supplies are being overpumped…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around 11 a.m. on April 3, an emergency alert flashed on residents’ cell phones in Manatee County, Florida. “Evacuate area NOW,” it read, according to a screenshot later published by the Tampa Bay…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new “water scarcity footprint” measures the water-use impacts of various United States diets. Meat consumption is the top contributor to the water scarcity footprint of the average US diet,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed his country’s participation in a virtual climate summit convened by the U.S. for April 22 and 23, vowing in a recent letter to U.S. President…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost three-quarters of Earth’s surface is covered by ocean. World leaders seeking to confront the climate crisis should understand that the ocean is being damaged by climate change – but…