Arizona is considering a multibillion-dollar desalination project to address its urgent water needs. Three water experts call for a go-slow approach and point to Israel as a role model.

A lack of weather radar stations means Africa is being hit hard by extreme weather events.

During drought, soils release more volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere, researchers report.

A new device gets power from sunlight to extract molecules from the air and convert them into drinking water.

Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.

Climate change threatens longer and more severe droughts. What will it mean for our diets?

By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case over water rights in the drought-stricken US Southwest.

Scenes of smoke-blanketed Northeast likely to repeat, one expert says. Another offers advice for reducing harm to health.

As temperatures increase and prolonged drought continues, a new study of ponderosa pine forests underscores the importance of summer monsoons.