Water

Nobody knows why insects aren't found living in the ocean. Scientists just eliminated one theory

The Trump administration wanted the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to be “American flag blue.” A water-treatment expert explains why the pool is still algal green and why the bloom could keep coming back

For the last 1.7 million years, China’s Yangtze River has been stealing water from the Yellow River, new research shows

Direct attacks, oil spills and the threat of nuclear waste are putting the Gulf region’s desalination plants at risk—here’s why that matters

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

New satellite data come up dry as the search for lunar ice continues

Ice has many forms beyond the mundane stuff produced in a standard freezer

Humans are using more water than Earth can support, with many water sources already damaged beyond repair, a report from the United Nations found

Companies are experimenting with deep-sea tech to produce cheaper fresh water

Trump administration plans to destroy EPA science will leave the air we breathe and the water we drink more polluted

California is experiencing wider swings between wet and dry spells

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has uncharacteristically been working with nature instead of bulldozing it into submission. Will this enlightened approach prevail?