A bottle of water can contain a quarter of a million pieces of plastic, a study has found. Scientists have found a new category of plastic pollution called nanoparticles, which are created when microplastics break down even further. It had previously been impossible to tell how many particles smaller than one micron, one seventieth of the width of ...

New research from Columbia University found that long term exposure to one naturally occurring metal found in drinking water across the country may lead to an increased risk of heart disease.

Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and scientists say these are the conditions we could be heading toward.

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny little minds.First, there was the discovery of a terrifying black hole pointing right at us, then there was a huge hole found in the sun and a missing continent found after go...

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The study challenges what we know about packaged water for ages and our mindsets about tap water.

Cholera, a waterborne disease that has been eradicated in the UK since 1893, could see 'unusually large outbreaks' due to increasing climate 'anomalies'

The Biden administration will pay farmers in the Western U.S. to save water as the region contends with historic drought. The Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it will invest up to $400 million in paying farmers in 11 states to reduce their water consumption while continuing to produce commodities. The department said the action…

The Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” will cover 6,705 square miles this year. According to NOAA, this section of...

Data centers are being built at a rapid pace to support generative AI, and concerns are mounting about whether we can generate enough power to fuel the growth.

For the first time in the state’s history, California will impose water restrictions to help the state prepare for future droughts and weather changes. Historic Water Mandates California water providers are staring down the barrel of permanent water restrictions for the first time in state history, thanks to a contentious policy recently approved by the state’s Water Resources Control Board. ... Read More

A statewide water organization recently published the story “NID Faces Dry Summer After Wet Winter,” alerting its public agency members about the emergency water shortage: “The Nevada Irrigation District (NID) is conserving like it’s 2022, as if the last two wet winters never happened while water levels at two of its reservoirs plummet toward the […]

Some Hays County residents and water activists are concerned a proposed wastewater plant for a new development, which would be built in an environmentally sensitive region, could affect the water q…

Rising temperatures are posing a greater threat to clean drinking water than anticipated, as new information reveals there could be a global water crisis on the way. Water stored in reservoirs has a high chance of turning toxic due to elevated temperatures beneath the earth’s surface. The water trapped in the aquifer is blended with pollutants, pathogens, and dissolved minerals, which will prove to be hazardous if heated too much. Amid such a rising crisis, a team of international researchers put together a special heat transport model that tells the user precisely how warm underground water is. "There are already about 30 million people living in regions where the groundwater is warmer than stipulated in the strictest drinking water guidelines…That means it may not be safe to drink the water there without treatment. It may need to be boiled first, for example. The drinking water also gets warmed up in water pipes," said geoscientist Susanne Benz. Recent studies suggest that nearly 590 million people could be suffering by 2100 due to drinking water scarcity.

A new study has highlighted the dangers of ocean current changes, saying they could lead to rising CO2 levels.

What happens when one of the world’s biggest cities faces a water crisis? That’s the case in Mexico City, where a mix of drought and faulty infrastructure is testing the water system – and millions of residents.

New research shows that a critical segment of ice, the Thwaites Glacier, is melting faster than previously believed.

New observations of seawater intrusion could help explain why the critical glacier is disappearing faster than expected.

New research suggests that runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet could prevent icebergs from disrupting key ocean currents. But some scientists have cautioned that other factors may be at play.