fresh water

Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task

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Dr. Sarah Adams

As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many ...

India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms

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Dr. Sarah Adams

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Bhavani Mani Muthuvel and her family of nine have around five 20-liter (5-gallon) buckets worth of water for ...

Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

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Dr. Sarah Adams

TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep ...

Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Superstorms, abrupt climate shifts and New York City frozen in ice. That’s how the blockbuster Hollywood movie “The Day After Tomorrow” depicted ...