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Residents watch as the Kickapoo River jumps its banks and floods the small town of Viola, Wisconsin, in August 2018. Credit: Tim Hundt/Vernon Reporter

The Fate of Thousands of US Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities With Hard Choices

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tyrik Jr., 3, and Naylani Davis, 6, play with a water fountain at ResilienCity Park on Aug. 27 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Un parque infantil ayuda a controlar las inundaciones en una histórica ciudad de Nueva Jersey

By Victoria St. Martin

Tyrik Jr., 3, and Naylani Davis, 6, play with a water fountain at ResilienCity Park on Aug. 27 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

How a Children’s Playground Is Helping With Flood Mitigation in a Small, Historic New Jersey City

By Victoria St. Martin

Eric Schott, a marine researcher at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and graduate student Ronita Sequeira set up nets to capture small fish and other aquatic organisms along the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in South Baltimore. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Baltimore Is Investing in Wetlands Restoration, a Climate Line of Defense

By Aman Azhar

Health alert signs warn of a toxic blue-green algae bloom on Lake Jesup in Sanford, Florida. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Study Finds Lakes in Minority Communities Across the US Are Less Likely to be Monitored

By Lydia Larsen

People help an elderly man wade through flood water on Sept. 12 in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Credit: Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images

A Thousand Lives Lost, and Millions Disrupted, by Flooding in Western Africa

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Noah Devros, a graduate student and researcher at the University of Southern Mississippi, holds a female Pearl River map turtle as he collects data and tags the turtles for further research in September 2024. Credit: Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator

Can Mississippi Advocates Use a Turtle To Fight a Huge Pearl River Engineering Project?

By Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press and Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator

A sperm whale dives underwater as a Greenpeace sailing vessel, named the Witness, goes on a scientific expedition in August 2024 in Norway. Credit: Christian Åslund/Greenpeace

Norway’s Plan for Seabed Mining Threatens Arctic Marine Life, Greenpeace Says

By Teresa Tomassoni

Rapidan Dam is left damaged after days of historic flooding in Waterville, Minnesota on June 25. Credit: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images

Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs

By Kristoffer Tigue

Global warming will drive more extremes at both ends of the hydrological cycle, droughts and floods, but a new study shows that existing climate models are particularly underestimating the length of future dry spells. Credit: Michael Dantas/AFP and Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images

New Study Suggests Major Climate Reports May Be Underestimating Drought Risks

By Bob Berwyn

Fishermen try their luck from the Mobile Bay Causeway in south Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Environmental Group, Fishermen Seek to End ‘Federal Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay

By Dennis Pillion

Q&A: Near Lake Superior, a Tribe Fights to Remove a Pipeline From the Wetlands It Depends On

By Kiley Price

Sprinklers water a lettuce field in Holtville, California on Feb. 9, 2023. The agriculture sector uses about 80 percent of the state’s consumed water. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

The Key to Fix California’s Inadequate Water Storage? Put Water Underground, Scientists Say

By Caroline Marshall Reinhart

Aquatic Ecosystems Aren’t Immune to Wildfire Impacts, Research Shows

By Kiley Price

An aerial view of barges, stranded by low water at the Port of Rosedale along the Mississippi River on Oct. 20, 2022 in Rosedale, Mississippi. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River

By Kristoffer Tigue

Water flows through Glen Canyon Dam's river outlet works. The pipes will undergo $9 million in repairs, but conservation groups want to see more permanent renovations at the dam, which holds back Lake Powell as Colorado River supplies shrink. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation

Lake Powell Plumbing Will Be Repaired, but Some Say Glen Canyon Dam Needs a Long-Term Fix

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Outside a home in Arizona’s Pine-Strawberry community, a sign urges others to conserve water and that the water crisis in the district is real. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Customers Sue an Arizona Water District Amid Drought and Surging Demand

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of produced water ponds constructed by Martin Water in Lenorah, Texas. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate News

Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski

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