The Future of Desalination Lies With Small-Scale Household Systems By Julia Sklar April 9, 2024 Large municipal desalination plants create more problems than they solve In this story: clean tech, water, clean water
Should Chicago Dye Its River Green for St. Patrick’s Day? By Lydia Larsen March 16, 2024 The dye is considered environmentally friendly, but some groups say the river shouldn’t be altered In this story: water, clean water, holidays, urban living
Dengue Fever Is Spreading With Climate Change and Urbanization By Jill Langlois March 5, 2024 The mosquito-borne disease is on the rise even in countries with no history of dengue epidemics In this story: water, urban living, climate change, health
A Tale of Two Sea Level Rise Solutions By Claire Greenburger February 27, 2024 Coastal communities in California brace for the future in radically different ways In this story: water
The Twisted Tale of Indianapolis’s White River By Robert Annis February 4, 2024 Once considered one of the most polluted waterways in the nation, the White River has been neglected and abused for 200 years. Can it make a comeback? In this story: clean water, water, rivers, racial justice
Biden Administration Supports Removal of Four Dams on the Snake River By Isobel Whitcomb December 14, 2023 Decommissioning the dams is the first step toward restoring salmon runs and respecting Native treaties In this story: water, salmon, endangered species, fish
Dear Los Angeles: You’re Drinking Indigenous Water Text and photographs by Kelly Ramsey October 9, 2023 How LA can localize its water supply and finally do right by the Owens Valley Paiute tribes In this story: indigenous communities, water
Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind By Austyn Gaffney September 26, 2023 That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States In this story: coal, coal ash, health, water, toxics
How to Think Like a Watershed By Carson Vaughan September 25, 2023 The Platte Basin Timelapse turns science into photographic poetry In this story: photography, water, saving wild places, wildlife
When Extreme Atmospheric Rivers, Storms, and Floods Become the Norm By Serena Renner August 20, 2023 In an era of increasing weather whiplash between floods and droughts, can we learn to embrace the rains? In this story: climate change, water, science, disaster relief, rivers