Staff Writer
Major corporations in water-guzzling industries such as apparel, food and beverage, and tech want to be better stewards of the freshwater resources they use
Some pumpkin farmers in the West, particularly wholesalers in places like Colorado and New Mexico, are feeling the pinching effects of drought
In a move that may soon be replicated elsewhere, the Gila River Indian Community recently signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put solar panels over a stretch of irrigation canal on their land south of Phoenix
Areas across the globe have seen spring snowpack shrink over the last 40 years, and a new study says for many of them climate change is clearly to blame
Back in the 1800s, white attackers turned a lush high desert oasis in eastern Nevada into killing fields
A company’s plan in southeast Utah to extract lithium is adding to an anxiety familiar in this part of the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River
A new study says U.S. ski areas lost $5 billion from 2000 to 2019 as a result of human-caused climate change
Utah state officials are hurriedly trying to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,700 residents of a downstream town
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai
A new study finds that last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above
High up in the mountains of Maui, residents of one small town have taken their future into their own hands after a fire last year that burned 19 homes
“Save Her
The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover
Hurricane Helene dumped heavy rain on a mountainous region hundreds of miles away from the coast
Hurricane Helene severely damaged drinking water utilities in the Southeast
A well-known Asheville musical tradition has returned in a sign of hopefulness a week after Helene battered the mountain city
It takes water to flush a toilet yet tens of thousands of North Carolinians have been without it since Hurricane Helene ripped through the state three weeks ago
The city of Asheville has restored running water to most of its users nearly a month after Hurricane Helene damaged infrastructure and killed more than 200 people around the region
Drought and sea level rise are causing salty oceanwater to creep into the Delaware River, threatening a source of drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of other people
A giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs has been proposed for federal protection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires
As fires burn in Los Angeles, water utilities are responding to extensive damage to pipes and storage and treatment facilities
Some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry in recent days as demand soared for water to quell fast-moving wildfires
Google pledges to crack down on fake reviews after UK watchdog investigation
There could be a new definition for obesity. A doctor explains why this matters
Two mysterious fast radio bursts originated from wildly different places in space
Junya Watanabe puts a twist on classic Americana at Paris Fashion Week menswear show
Australian Open: Defending champion Jannik Sinner defeats American Ben Shelton in straight sets to reach final
'Borgen' creator says fiction challenged by Trump's Greenland gambit