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New Species of Giant Fish
This huge, air-breathing fish plies the waters of the Amazon.
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Kenya's Giant New Aquifer
Kenya's recently discovered aquifer could help the impoverished, drought-ridden country develop. But are aquifers a sustainable source for water?
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A Plea for Water
Each American uses 2,000 gallons of water per day—mostly for food. How can we provide a nutritious diet with less water?
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Light Paths Reveal Water Currents
British photographer Joel James Devlin makes haunting images of night landscapes.
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Cities Expose Buried Rivers
The latest trend in urban renewal involves opening up underground streams, many of which support new parks.
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Billion-Year-Old Water Found
Water seeping out of a Canadian gold mine is not only ancient, it harbors life.
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The Turtle and the Town
Port Deposit, Maryland, is reviving its economy by saving a reptile.
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Arizona Irrigators Share Water
Farmers in the Verde River Basin employ new technology to benefit a desert environment.
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Missing Frog Resurfaces in Honduras
A critically endangered "rain frog" makes an appearance, but is still threatened by illegal logging.
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Hellbender Giant Salamanders Reintroduced
Also called snot otters and devil dogs, the big amphibians get a chance for a comeback.
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Feds Slash Colorado River Release
A multiyear drought spurs new restrictions on a dam that serves millions of people. With interactive before-and-after.
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New Twist in Fracking's Link to Quakes
A study finds that wastewater injection from fracking can make faults more vulnerable to tremors triggered by far-off seismic events.
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Endangered Frogs Released With Tiny Transmitters
California's mountain yellow-legged frog gets new hope from captive breeding.
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Rebirth of Lake Sturgeon
An ancient species shows signs of a comeback in the Great Lakes.
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China Compensates Clean Water
New programs reward those who protect water supplies.
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Bizarre Mystery Fish Identified
What mysterious fish has a large head and is covered with sharp spines on the top and bottom of its body?
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Water Bank Revives Parched Delta
Local communities work together along the Colorado River.
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Saudi Arabia Stakes a Claim on the Nile
After draining four-fifths of its massive aquifer for unsustainable agriculture, the Saudi Kingdom turns to verdant Ethiopia.
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The High Costs of Free Water
We’ve all witnessed the power of a price signal when the cost of gasoline rises. The problem with water, many economists say, is the fact that it is essentially free.
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Mali Drained by Foreign Business?
Subsistence lifestyles and diverse wildlife hang in the balance in Mali's inland delta, thanks to ambitious plans to divert water for irrigation.
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Drought Reaches New Orleans
The record temperatures and lack of rain that have devastated crops in America’s heartland upstream also have weakened the once mighty Mississippi River’s defenses against saltwater intrusion.
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Going Back in Time
Sandra Postel believes we have the ability to restore the Colorado River.
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Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project
The building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has ignited a water debate between Egypt and Ethiopia.
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Amid Drought, Explaining Colorado’s Extreme Floods
Flash floods in Boulder area may also have ties to fires and climate change.
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Turtles Flourishing in Golf Courses
New studies show that well-managed courses offer better habitat than some farm and park ponds.
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California Farms Welcome Birds
Migratory birds are taking refuge on farms in California's Staten Island as part of a conservation plan.
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How Drought on Mississippi River Impacts You
The drought-plagued Mississippi River is holding up barge traffic, impacting everything from Japanese feedstock to American beer.
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Lake Trout Are Bad News for Lake Yellowstone
Ospreys, bears, and especially cutthroat trout suffer because of the non-native fish.
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Pictures: The Life-Giving Nile River
For more than 5,000 years, the Nile has directed the development of civilization in northern Africa, but it has also been the source of immeasurable damage and destruction.
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Grabbing Water From Future Generations
Many of the world's aquifers are being pumped dry to support unsustainable agriculture.
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Fishing the Forgotten River in the Nation's Capital
Thousands of people consume fish from Washington, D.C.'s highly polluted Anacostia River, despite safety warnings.
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Pictures: Greening the Desert
From Texas to Saudi Arabia, people are growing food and fuel in the desert—sometimes with deleterious effects.
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Colorado Wildfires Threaten Water Supplies
As fires are contained, water managers assess the damage, draw more on the Colorado River, and try to prepare for a dry future.
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Philadelphia Cleans Up Storm Water With Innovative Program
City officials deploy permeable paving, rain barrels, tree trenches, and other water-saving technology.
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Groundwater Depletion Accelerates Sea-Level Rise
As aquifers are pumped out around the world, the water ultimately makes it to the oceans.
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Bugs Help Measure Impact of New Transoceanic Highway on Amazon
Scientists deploy "leaf packs" to survey threatened water quality in Peru.
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Scientists Race to Save World's Rice Bowl From Climate Change
More frequent floods and droughts expected in Southeast Asia.
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Warm Spring May Mean Drought and Wildfires in West
Decreased snowpack in the Rocky Mountains may compound problems for Colorado, Arizona, California, and other Western states.
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Climate Change Linked to Waterborne Diseases in Inuit Communities
A recent study of Inuit communities may warn of more widespread threats to water quality.
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Under Unspoiled Rivers
Photographer Michel Roggo takes an intimate look at water.
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Pictures: Hindu Pilgrims Leave Mark on Mountain
Pilgrims visiting a holy cave along the Amarnath Yatra route in Kashmir in the Himalaya are melting and polluting the glaciers.
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Artificial Glaciers Water Crops in Indian Highlands
Villagers discover that it is easier to store water in ice than in a reservoir, and less is lost to evaporation.
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Reclaimed Wastewater for Drinking
A new report highlights advancements in reclamation technology and predicts growth in water treatment programs.
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Fate of the Mighty Mississippi
Scientists propose solutions to the environmental and socioeconomic costs of industrial agriculture on the river.
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Fish Are Midair Body Snatchers
For the first time, researchers have observed fish leaping into the air to prey on birds on the wing.
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New Film Shows Great Lakes Climate Change
A dramatic drop in lake levels was the most surprising discovery for director William Kleinert.
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Eco-Artist Basia Irland and Her “Ice Books”
Her aim is to connect people to their local waters and watersheds in ways that will motivate concern, caring, appreciation, and stewardship.
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A Reflection on Water
In a world divided by race, tribe, gender, and religion, it is water that connects us all.
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Water Resolutions for a Sustainable Planet
Each of these water-saving measures is important, and practicing them should be part of everyone’s water conservation ethic.
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Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Fracking
Fracking poses potentially serious risks to drinking water quality and human health.
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Botulism Bacteria Blamed for Deaths of Waterbirds on Lake Ontario
Botulism bacteria was blamed for the death of birds in northern Lake Michigan in 2012 and in eastern Lake Ontario in 2013.
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Grand Experiment Flows From Lake Mead
A dam release on the Colorado River offers a unique opportunity for scientists to study how plants, trees, birds, and fisheries respond to an experimental pulse of river water.
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Helping the Colorado River With a Text
Minnesotans helped our campaign “Change the Course” restore seven million gallons of water to the Colorado River in a single day.
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Smarter Irrigation Returns Water to Arizona’s Verde River
Instead of drying up for miles during the irrigation season, the Verde keeps flowing.
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Lake Science Goes High-Tech
By studying lakes, scientists can gain insights about the effects of storms on the surrounding landscape.
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Film Highlights Concerns in Cambodia
Scientists and conservation experts are urging the government of Cambodia to put a moratorium on the development of hydropower dams.
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Some Cranberries Have a Smaller Water Footprint
A new technique to growing cranberries promises to be more water-efficient.
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Students Rally Around Water Conservation
A school integrated freshwater into its curriculum—and now the students are teaching their community about water's long road to the faucet.
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In Ireland, Water Will No Longer Be Free
Billing is scheduled for the first quarter of 2015.
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Worst Weather Ever: Is It Cliché Yet?
Changing landscape and climate threaten local and migratory wildlife.
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On Flood and Thirst
How communities are adapting to the age of unpredictable water.
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Migration by Any Means Necessary
The Siberian crane is a key indicator of a community's water health.
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Stronger Efforts Needed to Reduce Nitrate Pollution
Nitrate pollution in the Mississippi River Basin continues to rise.
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11 Rivers Forced Underground
These rivers were buried long ago, changing the landscape.
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8 Rivers Run Dry From Overuse
From the American West to China, Australia to India, some of the world's most important rivers have been drained dry for agriculture, industry, and drinking water.
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13 Scariest Freshwater Animals
From the fearsome piranha to the mighty anaconda, see some of the world's most terrifying aquatic species.
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San Diego's Rivers
San Diego's waterways face threats from mining, pollution, and overuse, but they also support important species.
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Veins of the Planet
Rivers run through the heart and soul of communities. But, increasingly, they run on human terms rather than on Mother Nature’s.
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Photos: Dams Threaten Megafishes
Eleven proposed dams on the Mekong River could generate crucial electricity—and threaten the delicate home of endangered megafishes.
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Megafishes
From sturgeon to taimen, giant freshwater fish are some of the most rare and vulnerable species on Earth.
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Killer Fungus Hides in Crayfish
The crustacean is a reservoir for fungus responsible for worldwide amphibian declines.
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Photos: New Giant "Bearded" Crayfish Species
Scientists have found a unique new species of crayfish in Tennessee and Alabama that is twice the size of other known crayfish in the southeastern U.S.
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"Alarming" Amazon Drought Photos
A megadrought has gripped the Amazon, drying up rivers and cutting off thousands dependent on boat traffic for survival.
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Freshwater Conflict Photos
World water supplies have stayed the same since the days of the dinosaurs, but human use has tripled since 1950. Sometimes there’s simply not enough water to go around.
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Dams, Levees, and Irrigation
Everyone needs freshwater, but many people don’t live near a reliable source. See how human hands have changed the way water moves around the Earth.
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Epic Vanishing Acts
See before-and-after scenes of drought, glacial retreat, and more freshwater on the brink.
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Photos: Water-Savvy Cities
Take a look at some of the most promising innovations and policies being tried to keep urban areas and their residents hydrated.