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Frida Berrigan: Preparing for Scarcity

The truck wheel’s inner tube was right in front of me, no longer half-submerged in the pond’s late summer muck. After so many hot weeks without rain, the water had dried up and the garbage was completely exposed.

September 25, 2025 · 4 Comments

Debra Perrone, Scott Jasechko: Water wells are at risk of going dry in the US and worldwide

Households already are running out of well water in the Central Valley and southeastern Arizona. Beyond the Southwest, wells have been running dry in states as diverse as Maine, Illinois and Oregon.

May 13, 2021 · Leave a comment

Andreea Sterea: The Looming U.S. Water Crisis

America is going through a water crisis, and we’re going to face even more dire times if it doesn’t begin to change soon.

January 2, 2020 · Leave a comment

George Monbiot: Inhospitable Planet

There may be water on Mars. But is there intelligent life on Earth? Evidence for flowing water on Mars – this opens up the possibility of life; of wonders we … Continue reading

October 7, 2015 · 1 Comment

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