The world faces freshwater and clean water crises, not only in poor nations, making desalination a critical technology. Its ...

New research shows that Earth's oceans are warming quickly. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with oceanographer Brad deYoung about the record-breaking rise in marine temperatures.

In many places, including the nation’s capital, the punishing heat has forced organizers to adjust plans for some events and ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is directing more than $227 million to American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native ...

A team of materials scientists in China have developed a solar-powered device that can produce freshwater from seawater with ...

Researchers combined observations and modeling to track the movement of the Congo’s freshwater plume, noting that eddies play ...

A submarine eruption north of Papua New Guinea may be building new land while satellites track its evolution from above.

Chinese breakthrough could make desalinated seawater cheaper than bottled water - Technology may help regions facing water ...

The death toll has risen to 1,450 people, according to the Venezuelan government, but that grim figure is likely to be a ...

The famous waterway began as two rivers, a new study suggests. Tectonic activity around five million years ago probably made ...

It sounds like weird science and some have dismissed it as "snake oil." But an emerging technology for crop fertilizer is gaining interest amid an acute shortage of fertilizer caused by wars in the ...

A new report from Arizona's three major universities finds the state's water supply is shrinking in part because of climate change, especially on the Colorado River. Researchers identified ...