A new report identifies global drought hotspots since 2023 and outlines vulnerabilities, impacts, causes, and response strategies. Some 60,000 residents in northeastern France are under a tap water ...

Explore the impact of flooding in Juneau and how it affects the community, including personal stories and memories lost.

To address global chemical pollution of water, air, and soils, the United Nations has announced the formation of a new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel. A new study identifies naturally ...

“The existential threat that we’re facing is not one or two degrees of climate change in 2100, because we’ll solve all that. And we’ll solve all that in the next decade or two by the innovation that ...

Summer may bring warmth, but it also increases environmental threats. Learn about the changing risks of the season.

The second tropical cyclone to hit southern China this month continues to drop heavy rain while also damaging cropland, public infrastructure, and homes. The fate of the Salween River, a target for ...

Explore the evolving focus of the UN climate conference in Brazil, tackling financing and adaptation in an overheated world.

The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...

A new study identifies “atmospheric thirst” as a significant factor that has worsened the impacts of droughts over the past century, especially in the western United States. Turf-cutting — a ...

It’s an issue set to affect residents across all Great Lakes states and provinces at a time when federal protections for Great Lakes water are being slashed. Data Centers Map has been tracking data ...

What a difference a month makes. The forecast for how much water will flow this year into Lake Powell, a bellwether reservoir on the Colorado River, was already meager. Now, after a dry April, it’s ...