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water crisis

When Rome’s fountains run dry

By Gabriele Di Donfrancesco | Climate Change, Investigative Reporting

Italian utility in hot water for draining a picturesque lake to send water to Rome

By Gabriele Di Donfrancesco | Climate Change

The saltwater wedge may spare New Orleans, but it’s still a crisis

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Everything, everywhere, all at once: The great floods of 2023

By | Climate Change

satellite image of uinta basin

How the mirage of oil shale riches in Utah threatens the Colorado River

By Stephanie Mencimer | Climate Change

a man crosses a destroyed bridge holding water bottles

Water as weapon, and casualty, in Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

A uranium mine.

Radiation illnesses and COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation

By Jayita Sarkar, Caitlin Meyer | Disruptive Technologies

Understanding the water crisis in Africa and the Middle East: How can science inform policy and practice?

By S. Islam, L. Susskind | Uncategorized