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Salmon Fishers Fight Proposed Mine
Locals Fear the Pebble Mine Will Harm Their Alaskan Community
Restoring Rivers
Reducing Footprints
Explore Freshwater
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Transforming Human Waste Into Resources
Emerging Explorer and SOIL Director, Sasha Kramer, is collecting, composting, and recycling human wastes and creating a bright new future for Haiti.
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Water Is Life
Explore the pages of National Geographic magazine's special issue devoted to water.
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Water Use Game
Check out our new kid-friendly water calculator, and see if you rank as a water wiz or if you're waterlogged.
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How Much Water Per Pound?
How much water does it take to put beef, pork, wheat, and more on your plate? Explore our water footprint interactive and find out.
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Freshwater Photos
From micro shrimp to mammoth hippos, the planet's wetlands host miraculous diversity. See the weird, endangered, and adorable.
Freshwater News
- Salmon Fishers Fight Proposed Mine
- Bulldozers Tear Into Big Washington Dams
- Will Tar Sands Pipeline Threaten Groundwater?
- Blog: Fire and Rain
- Largest U.S. Dam Removal Begun
- Could Seawater Solve Water Crisis?
- Will Dam Removal in the West Restore Salmon?
- Blog: Photos of the Chesapeake Bay and a Plea for Restoration
Freshwater Photos
Environment Photos
Green Living Hot Topics
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Effects of Water Bottle "Pollution"
Recycling helps, but water bottles contain contaminants.
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How to Choose a Hybrid Vehicle
See how to balance performance and efficiency.
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Hydropower vs. Solar Power
Weighing the advantages of both green technologies.
Freshwater Advocates
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Sandra Postel
Sandra is a leading authority on international freshwater issues and is spearheading our global freshwater initiative.
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Shannon Switzer
Shannon Switzer is an inspring young photographer and conservationist.
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Zeb Hogan
Zeb travels to the most endangered freshwater ecosystems striving to save critically endangered fish.
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Freshwater Blogs
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New Mexico’s Wild Gila River Faces New Threat
The Gila River is an oasis of biodiversity in New Mexico, before it gets drained dry in Arizona. Conservationists face a tough battle to preserve what remains.
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Fire and Rain
Flash floods following mountain fires pose increasing threats to drinking water supplies—and add impetus for forest thinning and watershed rehabilitation in the western United States.
The Ocean
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Your Oil Spill IQ
You know the Gulf is a mess, but how much do you really know about oil spills?
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Personal Energy Meter
See how you measure up against others, and how changes at home could do tons to protect the planet.
Support a Water Project
Use National Geographic's Action Atlas to immerse yourself in improving the planet's freshwater resources and protecting its aquatic species.
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Amazon Headwaters
Help protect this watershed—for the species that live there and the livelihoods that depend on it.
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Cambodia's Crocodiles
Help give the endangered Siamese croc a fighting chance by combating hunting and habitat loss.
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The Chesapeake Bay
Help stem the tide of pollution flowing into the Bay and smothering aquatic species.
National Geographic Magazine
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Climate Change and Water Quiz
How much freshwater do we have and how is the changing climate affecting our supply?
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Freshwater 101 Quiz
You might be surprised to learn where water sits around the globe, and how it is used to produce everyday goods. Test your knowledge about freshwater.
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Drinking Water and Sanitation Quiz
For much of the world, drinking a glass of water is not as easy as filling up at a water cooler or even the kitchen sink.
Why Care About Water?
The National Geographic Society’s freshwater initiative is a multi-year global effort to inspire and empower individuals and communities to conserve freshwater and preserve the extraordinary diversity of life that rivers, lakes, and wetlands sustain.
