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A majority of the world's major water sources are being depleted faster than they can be refilled

Famiglietti says this creates a self-reinforcing cycle where people who live closer to the equator …

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A scary amount of uranium is contaminating the drinking water of 6 million US residents

Nitrate has also been shown to have adverse health effects on humans, although it mostly affects pe…

Barbara Tasch   


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The Earth's Freshwater Reserves Are Disappearing

In many parts of the world, in particular in the dry, mid-latitudes, far more water is used than is…

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There’s too much uranium in India’s water, and nobody’s watching it

Groundwater depletion and nitrate pollution are problems that India is already familiar with…

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Silicon Valley's largest city is sounding the alarm about a drinking water crisis that no one knows how to fix

In times of drought, California farmers have taken to over-pumping water through underground aquife…

Aria Bendix   


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The US has pumped so much groundwater that it's literally splitting the ground open across the American Southwest

Giant, mile-long cracks in the ground are turning up across the Southwestern US because Americans h…

Maiya Focht,Sebastian Cahill   


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California may finally be coming out of its horrendous drought - but a water expert warns it's not over yet

For one thing, there has been a lot of rain, meaning that most of the state's precipitation and sno…

Erin Brodwin   


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Much of ?California's incredible new 'windfall' of underground water may be unusable

In a press release Jackson was careful to note that, just because groundwater is underneath or near…

Sarah Kramer   


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Indo-German team discovers new catfish species in Kerala with no eyes, blood-red body

An Indo-German team of researchers has discovered a new species of catfish in Kerala measuring no m…

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Divers found human waste in Tulum's sinkholes and cave pools as a construction boom in the region destroys a natural water filtration system

Cenotes in Tulum, Mexico, have grown polluted as construction in the popular tourist town booms to …

Sarah Jackson   


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Over 1,000 experts call for global action on 'depleting' groundwater

New Delhi, Dec 25 () Nearly 1,100 scientists, practitioners and experts in groundwater and related …

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Yellowstone National Park is using 'thirsty' concrete that absorbs 3,000 gallons of water per hour

Flexi-Pave is 23% porous, thanks to a careful combination of tires, stone, and a proprietary binder…

Chris Weller   


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Scientists Discovered Massive Freshwater Reserves Underneath The Ocean Floor

Lead author Vincent Post, from Australia's Flinders University, said that an estimated 500,000 cubi…

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20 extreme photos of water pollution around the world

Toxic chemicals from industrial processes, such as those used in fracking or in the process of dril…

Julia Calderone   


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We Can End The Controversy Over Fracking Right Now

The list goes on — though as it turns out, not even 154 pages of "Mitigation Measures" gives the fu…

Rob Wile   


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California's mega-farms have a dark side that could put our supply of fruits, vegetables, and nuts at risk

In the center of California lies one of the most important agricultural areas in the US - an 18,000…

Aria Bendix   


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We are already seeing the first examples of how climate change will leave us all thirsty

Higher temperatures can increase the chance of drought, making water scarce. Hotter weather also me…

Chelsea Harvey   


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The 10 scariest chemicals used in hydraulic fracking

Numerous ProPublica investigations, however, found fracking to be the common thread in more than 1,…

Michael B Kelley,Jessica Orwig