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Saltwater intrusion will taint 77% of coastal aquifers by century’s end, modeling study finds

Watersheds on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard will be among the areas most affected by underground saltwater intrusion by the year…

12 months ago

Sewage sleuths: the men who revealed the slow, dirty death of Welsh and English rivers

Ashley Smith and Peter Hammond by the River Windrush in Oxfordshire. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian A tide of effluent, broken…

2 years ago

Watershedding: taps run dry across Johannesburg — unprecedented water crisis

Residents of the township of Soweto, South Africa, queue for water Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) JOHANNESBURG (AP)…

2 years ago

What is a strong El Niño?

Photo: The El Niño pattern stands out in the warm sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific in 2023. NOAA…

2 years ago

El Niño and La Niña multi-year events could become more common

Via UCSB THE CURRENT The Pacific Ocean covers 32% of Earth’s surface area, more than all the land combined. Unsurprisingly,…

2 years ago

How fast are the sea levels rising?

Photo: A hotel guest steps out of a hotel into a flooded street in Miami Beach, Fla., on September 29,…

2 years ago

Pumping groundwater, redistribution has changed Earth’s spin

H2O IQ editor note: this article cites the scientific paper covered in our preceding post. According to a recent study…

2 years ago

This sinking isle: homeowners battling coastal erosion

Photo: A house on the edge of the cliffs at Easton Bavents, Southwold, Suffolk. Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian As sea levels rise,…

3 years ago

Joint NASA mission: first stunning views of Earth’s surface water

Image: This visualization shows water features on New York’s Long Island—shown as bright pink splotches. Purple, yellow, green, and dark…

3 years ago

5 things you should know about the UN 2023 Water Conference

Photo: © UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker A young girl collects water from a recently rehabilitated well in Gwembe Valley, Zambia The UN 2023…

3 years ago