Water is essential for life, yet billions of people around the world still lack reliable access to clean, safe water. As climate change accelerates, populations grow, and infrastructure struggles to ...

How do you turn mist into usable water? See how scarcity inspires ingenuity in parched Lima, Peru. In the desert city of Lima, a city of 10 million people by the Pacific Ocean, mist is an important ...

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 might seem like a distant problem in a world where three-quarters of the planet's surface is water. Yet this precious resource increasingly finds itself at the center of humanity's most ...

The world’s three most populous countries include China, India and the United States and these nations alone account for 41 percent of the global population, 49 percent of blue water demand—defined as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA - Villagers in Telamwadi village ...

Water scarcity is one of the most pressing development challenges of our time. Today, 2.4 billion people live in water-stressed countries. Many are smallholder farmers who already struggle to meet ...

Picture standing in line for hours, just to fill a single bucket with water. Not because there's a natural disaster unfolding, but simply because the taps have run dry in your neighborhood.For ...

Across the globe, water scarcity is no longer a distant concern—it’s a present and growing crisis. Today, more than 2.3 billion people live in regions facing water stress, and the forces driving that ...

The human brain is sensitive to scarcity. The lack of something we consider vital, such as time or food, can powerfully shape our thinking and behavior. Take money, for example: when people play a ...