Picture standing in line for hours, just to fill a single bucket with water. Not because there's a natural disaster unfolding ...

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Parts of North America are poised to become “hotspots of water scarcity” within decades, partly because pollutants will make some water sources harder to use, scientists warned on Tuesday, urging ...

Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global South. Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic ...

Nitrogen pollution could intensify global water scarcity threefold by 2050, scientists warn in a recently published paper. In addition, “newly emerging pollutants,” such as microplastics, heavy metals ...

Last month, the Taliban and Iran violently clashed over water rights along their shared border. Though the battle lasted only two hours, the incident seemed to contradict a prevailing consensus in ...

Drinking water in the United States is at risk, scientists have said, as nitrogen pollution seems to be increasing. In a new study, scientists found that a third of the world's drinking water could be ...

Keeping healthy could become more costly as climate change and water scarcity cause a huge drop in the global production of vegetables and legumes. [Courtesy] Keeping healthy could become more costly ...