Environment

A River’s Wrath Comes to Steinbeck Country

Jeremy Miller / High Country News Feb 10, 2023 Trillions of gallons of precipitation turned the Salinas River into a torrent. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

After the Hurricane Comes the Deluge on South Carolina Coast

JEFFREY COLLINS / The Associated Press Sep 25, 2018 Nearly two weeks after Florence made landfall 110 miles up the coast, record flooding is expected where five rivers converge in and near Georgetown. An evacuation has been ordered. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Florence Death Toll at 15 as Floods Surge

CHUCK BURTON / The Associated Press Sep 15, 2018 Tens of thousands are ordered evacuated from North Carolina communities as rivers are projected to burst their banks and roads to Wilmington are cut off. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pollution Is Turning Rivers Into Sources of Disease and Death

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Sep 24, 2016 Human destruction of wilderness areas has added to the pollution that puts millions of people on three continents at risk of waterborne diseases. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Glacier Loss Raises High Concern Over Water Supplies

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 3, 2015 Massively increased ice melt in the high Himalayas because of climate change could seriously jeopardize the flow of water for billions of people in Asia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Heat and Drought Pose Threat to U.S. Power Supplies

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 24, 2015 Global warming will leave people in the Western states of the U.S. exposed to increasingly extreme temperatures that could seriously affect electricity generation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Air Pollution Compounds Effects of Climate Change

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 13, 2014 Reduced monsoon rainfall and increased river flow are two extremes that new research has linked to man-made impacts on climate caused by air pollution. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Both Salmon and Hydropower Can Thrive

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 13, 2013 Scientists have produced a handbook that shows how better river management can mean more breeding success for migratory fish and more electricity from a vital source of renewable energy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

More Than Half of U.S. Rivers in Trouble

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 27, 2013 More than half of the country's rivers and streams are unable to support healthy populations of aquatic insects and other creatures, a survey of nearly 2,000 locations by the Environmental Protection Agency reported Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Politicians Fined for Environmental Negligence

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2009 An Argentine court has fined the country's environmental secretary and two politicians for failing to clean up the polluted Riachuelo River that winds through Buenos Aires, a move unique and commendable for its accountability of politicians to citizens' concerns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Water Is the New Oil

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2009 Turns out polar bears aren't the only land mammals struggling with global warming. Many of the world's most-used rivers, from the Colorado to the Ganges, have been losing water for the last 50 years. So, in addition to coping with floods, storms, deserts and mass extinction, we could all die of thirst. Happy Earth Day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )