Texas Is Already Running Out of Water
Parts of the state are starting the year with low reserves. With light winter rains failing to replenish supply, and a scorching summer predicted, key areas ..
Parts of the state are starting the year with low reserves. With light winter rains failing to replenish supply, and a scorching summer predicted, key areas ..
Using embankments, channels, and dikes, so-called “green roads” help control floods, harvest excess water for irrigation, and slash maintenance costs. ..
In her new book, Dust, Jay Owens charts a fascinating history of the tiny particles floating all around us. ..
As dry soils contract, underground pipes rupture—disrupting cities, frustrating conservation efforts, and highlighting the vulnerability of critical ..
After unusually low amounts of rain and snow this winter, the continent faces a severe water shortage. ..
When a warm band of water develops in the Pacific, drought grips the rainforest. The Amazon, devastated by deforestation and fires, is especially vulnerable. ..
The World Heritage site in southern Iraq survived Saddam Hussein’s campaign to drain the wetlands. Now they’re drying up, and biodiversity is collapsing. ..
From the Danube to the Loire, these lifelines for the continent’s economy are running low after five months of brutal drought and years of dry weather. ..
For decades, the EU has had some of the tightest restrictions on genetically altered agriculture. That could be about to change. ..
Blistering temperatures and the invasion of Ukraine have fed fears of global shortages—but some regions are suffering much more than others. ..