Although water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, only about 3% is freshwater, and less than 1% is accessible for human use. This small fraction sustains ecosystems, agriculture, and communities.

Victims of the Palisades Fire accused the Los Angeles utility that oversees water delivery of being woefully unprepared to battle the intense inferno that has devastated their ritzy neighborhood ...

Plaintiffs said the city was "unprepared" for the historic wildfires. A group of Pacific Palisades residents and businesses impacted by the Palisades Fire filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against ...

Manatees have been seen huddling in warm water near power plants in Florida ... mostly caused by starvation. Pollution from farm, urban and other sources has decimated the seagrass on which ...

“Other parts of the city might be experiencing the water rationing but for Konedobu, water supply was entirely cut off from last Thursday,” Konedobu law and order chairman, Philip Matukan informed the ...

A colleague had been studying how air pollution around the university harms the hearts and lungs of mice, and had asked Cory-Slechta to check the animals’ brains for damage. As a specialist in ...

A price on pollution is widely recognized as the most efficient means to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing to the more intense wildfires, droughts, and floods caused by climate ...

Researchers see a growing health danger from the vast plumes of pollution spawned by wildfires like the ones devastating Los Angeles. By Hiroko Tabuchi It kills more people each year than car ...

Record temperatures last year pushed the global water cycle to “new climatic extremes,” according to the Global Water Monitor 2024 report. The document, produced by an international consortium ...

The assessment concluded that pollution and water management facilities, like dams, are the top causes of habitat loss and decline in the faunal population. The multi-taxonal study, published in ...

As multiple deadly wildfires burn across Los Angeles and hundreds of thousands of residents flee their homes, the lack of water is impeding firefighters' efforts to fight the flames. More than ...