The United States Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments on Monday, October 5, in a case that is among the most significant on the court’s docket both for businesses and local governments, and ...

Earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams contain dissolved oxygen, which comes from the atmosphere and plants. All aquatic animals need dissolved oxygen to breathe. Now, scientists warn these waters ...

Officials in the U.S. have been on high alert after 30 water systems in Minnesota were struck by cyberattacks last week. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) issued a ...

Last week, at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, many countries made commitments to cut back fossil fuel emissions to fight climate change. China announced it would curb emissions by up ...

The Trump administration announced last week that it would take additional water from Northern California and send it south to farms and communities in the San Joaquin Valley, drawing strong criticism ...

The Trump administration has reversed its decision to dismantle a crucial ocean monitoring network. The monitors became operational in 2016 and are part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, which ...

Last week, the Trump administration approved part of a controversial project to pump groundwater from the Mojave Desert and send it to cities in California. Cadiz, the company promoting the project, ...

Michigan alone has reported more than 5,000 cases. In a typical year, it gets up to 50. People can be infected after eating food contaminated with Cyclospora, a parasite, but not from person-to-person ...

Scientists are very concerned about the Atlantic Ocean circulation system that affects weather in huge parts of the world. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or “AMOC,” appears more ...

Amid a megadrought and aridification in the Southwest, the federal government has released its operating plan to manage two large dams on the Colorado River, and it’s being criticized for propping up ...

The U.S. is facing a slow-rolling crisis over access to clean, safe drinking water but lacks a coordinated response to address the root causes of the problems, many of which are aging infrastructure.

People have tried before and failed, which makes the recent effort by a group of students all the more remarkable. About four years ago, law students from eight Pacific islands—all threatened by ...