Water Shortages Threaten the Economy and Our Food Supply
This summer, around the world, we didn’t just read about climate change; we lived it. Extreme heat baked the usually temperate Pacific Northwest. Wildfires raged...
Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis
Anybody with a 5-year-old’s knowledge of geography might come up against this conundrum: There’s a water shortage in the Western United States. Right next door,...
How nature-based infrastructure builds climate resiliency
Here's how to use nature-based solutions to build climate resiliency into infrastructure, and take advantage of anticipated new funding sources. In recognition of the worsening...
Tennessee floods show a pressing climate danger across America: ‘Walls of water’
Then the weekend happened. More than 17 inches of rain fell in a single day on Saturday, overtopping the region’s many rivers and submerging places...
With drought worsening, should California have much tougher water restrictions?
When Gov. Gavin Newsom asked Californians to voluntarily conserve water last week as he stood in front of the retreating shoreline at Lopez Lake in San Luis...
Another ‘red tide’ left 15 tons of dead fish on Tampa Bay’s shore, and experts warn of more destruction
The dead fish have been washing up on the shores of Tampa Bay in West Central Florida since at least early June, thanks to a...
Panama Canal Tackles Climate-Change Puzzle: Too Little Rainwater or Too Much
The Panama Canal faces a creeping threat from climate change, including droughts so intense that ships sometimes reduce their cargo so as not to run...
Explosive Growth of Toxic Algae Threatens Water Supplies Across US
With a vast portion of the United States coping with exceptional drought this summer, conditions are ripe in many places for harmful algal blooms, bringing...