Water scarcity might seem like a distant problem in a world where three-quarters of the planet's surface is water. Yet this precious resource increasingly finds itself at the center of humanity's most ...

Even where water is available, poor infrastructure, political instability, or financial constraints prevent communities from accessing it. Climate change intensifies water stress by altering ...

Climate change could leave 74% of the world’s drought-prone regions at high risk of severe and prolonged droughts by the end of the century, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes Earth’s ...

The report explains how the Middle East and North Africa is turning rapidly to desalination, driven by severe water scarcity, ...