As droughts worsen and freshwater grows scarce, desalination is expanding rapidly. More than 20,000 plants now convert ...

Study reveals that sea locks let in more salt than previously believed, affecting canals and freshwater reserves.

While a U.S. attack on Iranian desalination plants might not have a big impact on the country’s water supply, the bigger ...

Desalination capacity is expanding worldwide as cities and nations confront worsening freshwater shortages driven by ...

Deep in a remote mangrove river, the crew faces one of the toughest challenges of the journey — finding drinkable fresh water. With supplies running out and crocodiles known to patrol the area, every ...

The Mundas came as labourers, brought by the British to do what they and the zamindars would not do themselves — clearing the jungle, building settlement, taming the Sundarbans. Two centuries later, ...

All creatures on Earth require enough clean water to survive. Where does the story begin and end for Marco Island? Ours is a ...

Fresh-water-saturated sediment or bedrock may extend as deep as three or four kilometers below the Great Salt Lake’s basin, a ...

As massive snow piles melt across Ontario cities after a heavy winter, researchers say the road salt mixed into them could pose serious risks to waterways, ecosystems and even drinking water. Cities ...

New modeling is deepening understanding of why saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi River has worsened in recent years, ...

Researchers have found a layer of fresh water beneath Utah's Great Salt Lake that reaches up to 2.5 miles deep and could turn ...