Fireflies are nature’s flash mob—appearing briefly to dazzle and glow before dying. That makes the charismatic creatures, ...

The team ran experiments offering people who returned bottles the option of getting a typical ten-cent payout—or the small ...

The study was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

The snowpack at the beginning of April was less than normal, and the spring has been very warm and dry in the Rocky Mountains, which has led to low runoff. Currently, Lake Powell is at 31 percent ...

The decision means that the City of Honolulu’s lawsuit will move forward instead of being cut off at the knees, which Shell, Exxon, Mobil, and others had wanted. If the defendants had won, it is ...

Many water providers have been using chloramines to replace chlorine, which back in the 1970s, was shown to react with naturally occurring compounds and create toxic byproducts. Studies showed that ...

The tool, created by researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), can detect differences in the light reflected by sand, water, or plastics, allowing the pollution to be seen on ...

A new report by international experts at the Global Commission on the Economics of Water says that the water cycle is out of balance for the first time in human history, and that worldwide demand ...

Lane Burdette, a researcher at TeleGeography, holds an undersea cable to show H2O Radio during an interview. The cables contain optical fibers smaller than a human hair, which are bundled together and ...

Professionals who work to provide safe drinking water and who handle waste and stormwater are aging out, and, as Michigan Public reports, finding young people to replace them is a challenge. A report ...

A study, unrelated to this event, showed that most waterspouts in the region tend to form between 8:00 and 10:00 in the morning, as the sun warms sea air and causes it to rise. Astrid Werkmesiter, a ...