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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any ...
Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor
NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South ...
Groundwater, the invisible gift
Groundwater sustains India's agriculture, industries, and drinking water; over-extraction, pollution, and climate change ...
Scientists reveal a hidden world beneath Antarctica's ice where rivers flow uphill
Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...
The World from PRX4d
Polluted Perrier aquifers signal danger for drinking water across Europe
The world’s top producer of natural mineral water is struggling to keep its sources clean of contaminants, from pesticides to bacteria to animal fecal matter. If it filters its water it loses its ...
14 extraordinary photos show the importance of freshwater habitats
As the magnitude of water shortage issues arise globally, National Geographic Explorers along with the World Freshwater ...
Why are some environmental startups looking at dumping into the ocean?
Most climate models now show that cutting emissions won’t be enough to curb global warming, leading to new interest in carbon ...
Mirage News5d
NASA Radar Tracks California Groundwater
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Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences
Conflict still occurs over shared waters; however, since the late 1800s, and particularly since the end of World War II, cooperation has been the dominant interaction between countries in the world’s ...
Weather-Fox on MSN9d
How Climate Change Is Redrawing the World’s Coastlines
Climate change is a term that’s been tossed around quite a bit over the past few decades. But it’s not just a buzzword—it’s a ...
Searchlight New Mexico12d
Poisoning the well
Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, ...
High Country News13d
Contamination threatens the last source of clean groundwater in west New Mexico
The toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a pollution problem for an entire region.