Fifty years ago, on December 16, 1974, Ford clinched a public health victory when he signed a bill that joined the pantheon ...

The Rundown Federal agencies publish reports on coastal groundwater hazards. White House science advisers submit their report ...

Shell-shocked residents of Valencia wondered when rain inundated eastern Spain in October. The turbulent floods, a deadly deluge, killed at least 224 people and laid waste to bridges and roads, ...

YELLOW PINE, IDAHO – The deep forests and steep canyons of this state are no strangers to confrontations between the prodigious revenue earned and massive ecological harms from hard rock mining. Now a ...

Water, or lack thereof, is often at the frontlines of conflict. By documenting water conflict across history, Dr. Peter Gleick, chief scientist and president emeritus of the Pacific Institute, ...

Brine is generally defined as water with a salt concentration higher than 50 parts per thousand, though some brines can be several times saltier Average salinity of the world’s oceans is roughly 35 ...

Out of sight and often neglected, Michigan’s more than one million septic systems are an overlooked health and environmental risk for the state’s groundwater, rivers, and lakes, and the people who use ...