Water scarcity might seem like a distant problem in a world where three-quarters of the planet's surface is water. Yet this precious resource increasingly finds itself at the center of humanity's most ...

Water scarcity already costs $307 billion annually in drought impacts, with four billion people experiencing severe water scarcity for at least one month every year. Climate change is turning ...

Climate change is largely responsible for water scarcity, and a clear example can be seen in the low water levels in European ...

Your correspondent moderated a panel discussion with global experts in desalination, international development, and water economics at the ceremony announcing the teams that had qualified for the ...

The delegates at COP30 in Belém did something overdue: they put water closer to the center of the climate conversation. That’s welcome — and it should be a wake-up call for entrepreneurs and investors ...

Water availability is critical for human health, environmental resilience, economic development, and food and energy security. Despite this, in many parts of the world the demand for water is greater ...

Making water from air is scientifically remarkable. Making enough of it, at a cost people can afford, is a very different ...

This summer's record heat has left 38 percent of Europe's land in drought. Overuse, mismanagement, and pollution have harmed lakes and rivers and worsened Europe’s water stress, prompting the EU to ...

California doesn’t have a water scarcity problem. It has a distribution problem, according to Nícola Ulibarrí, whose new research is reshaping how policymakers think about one of the state’s most ...