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Water/Drought

A bridge crosses the dry bed of Falcon Lake in Zapata, Texas, 60 miles south of Laredo, pictured on Aug. 16, 2022. Credit: Dylan Baddour

Laredo Confronts Drought and Water Shortage Without a Wealth of Options

By Dylan Baddour

The Hemenway boat ramp at the marina on Lake Mead, a reservoir on the Colorado River that has dropped significantly. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

State Tensions Rise As Water Cuts Deepen On The Colorado River

By Aydali Campa

Stagnant pools filled the dry bed of the Rio Grande when it stopped flowing for several weeks this May in the Chihuahua Desert. Credit: Dylan Baddour

Mexican Drought Spurs a South Texas Water Crisis

By Dylan Baddour

Christine Gemperle shells an almond freshly picked from a tree in her grove in Ceres. Credit: Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Out in the Fields, Contemplating Humanity and a Parched Almond Farm

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Trucks buried in mud and debris after heavy rains in late July 2022 caused flooding in Kentucky. Credit: Wang Changzheng/Xinhua via Getty Images.

Strip Mining Worsened the Severity of Deadly Kentucky Floods, Say Former Mining Regulators. They Are Calling for an Investigation

By James Bruggers

A young girl waits in line for not potable water delivered by a tanker truck in Colonia Mirador de Garcia, Mexico, in July 2022. Residents there have been without running water for days. Credit: Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

Drought Emergency in Mexico Rekindles Demand for Water Law Reform

By Myriam Vidal Valero

A forest is incinerated by the Oak Fire near Midpines, northeast of Mariposa, California, on July 23, 2022. - The California wildfire ripped through thousands of acres on July 23 after being sparked a day earlier, as millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat with already record-setting temperatures due to climb. Credit: David McNew / AFP via Getty Images

Scientists Say It’s ‘Fatally Foolish’ To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes

By Bob Berwyn

Dead pine trees, made vulnerable to pine bark beetles by prolonged drought, are seen on the Navajo Nation on July 4, 2021 south of Tuba City, Arizona. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

Lack of Loggers Is Hobbling Arizona Forest-Thinning Projects That Could Have Slowed This Year’s Devastating Wildfires

By Andrew Onodera

View along the Patapsco River in downtown Baltimore on April 9, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Baltimore’s ‘Catastrophic Failures’ at Wastewater Treatment Have Triggered a State Takeover, a Federal Lawsuit and Citizen Outrage

By Aman Azhar

Katie Hannigan performs at The Stress Factory Comedy Club on Jan. 19, 2018 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Hannigan is one of nine members of the new Climate Comedy Cohort. Credit: Bobby Bank/Getty Images

Warming Trends: Laughing About Climate Change, Fighting With Water and Investigating the Health Impacts of Fracking

By Katelyn Weisbrod

California Water Regulators Still Haven’t Considered the Growing Body of Research on the Risks of Oil Field Wastewater

By Liza Gross

A portion of an aqueduct to move water to the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, is viewed on July 8, 2021, thirty minutes east of Fresno, California. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Warming Trends: Forests Are the Best Big-City Water Filters, Plus Veggie Burgers by Default, Sea Songs by ET’s Doctor and a Reminder to Eat Fresh Food in the Fridge

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A Climate-Driven Decline of Tiny Dryland Lichens Could Have Big Global Impacts

By Bob Berwyn

Steven Kisiel opens the gate to his 20-acre property in Cochise County, Ariz. on March 1, 2022. When he bought the property over 20 years ago, he didn't expect to have to worry about running water, he said. Credit: Aydali Campa

Two Areas in Rural Arizona Might Finally Gain Protection of Their Groundwater This Year

By Aydali Campa

Glen Canyon Dam is seen, behind which are record low water levels at Lake Powell, as the drought continues to worsen on July 2, 2021 near Page, Arizona. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

As Lake Powell Hits Landmark Low, Arizona Looks to a $1 Billion Investment and Mexican Seawater to Slake its Thirst

By Aydali Campa

Redbreast sunfish are seein in Florida. Credit: Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Fish on Valium: A Multitude of Prescription Drugs Are Contaminating Florida’s Waterways and Marine Life

By Aman Azhar

Kern County farmers use oil field wastewater to grow water-intensive crops like oranges in one of California's driest agricultural regions. Credit: Liza Gross

Why Did California Regulators Choose a Firm with Ties to Chevron to Study Irrigating Crops with Oil Wastewater?

By Liza Gross

Ranchers stand by a water tank as they work on a water project to try and get more water to their ranch from a well on June 8, 2021 in Tomales, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Has Begun Managing Groundwater Under a New Law. Experts Aren’t Sure It’s Working

By Elena Shao

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