All of the Great Lakes are down 3 to 7 inches from this time last year. Low levels can affect shoreline ecosystems, access to ...

The loss of freshwater in lakes, rivers, and underground aquifers was to be expected during the 2014 to 2016 window, since ...

Due to a continued shortage of rainfall and declining levels of streamflow and groundwater, a statewide drought watch is now ...

Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America had to depart from Maui early due to an issue with the fresh water line at the ...

Despite a plethora of irrigation projects and schemes, major agricultural land in Maharashtra continues to depend on rainfall ...

Around 5.5 million years ago, a dramatic event called the Messinian Salinity Crisis turned most of the Mediterranean Sea into a massive salt basin. Over a period of about 640,000 years, the sea lost ...

Warming temperatures, not declining precipitation, have by far been the biggest triggers of the drought that has overpowered the Western climate since 2000, a new study finds.

On the night of July 24th, 2022, University of Kentucky Professor Chris Barton remembers not going to sleep. He was watching ...

An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount ...

Small changes can turn your garden into a sustainable oasis, reducing water usage and supporting biodiversity for a greener future.

In an interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), researchers ...