New research shows that by 2050 an additional 1 billion people will live in areas with high levels of water stress. See where water is scarcest in the world — and why we need to conserve.

Global water scarcity, a result of both quantity and quality change, challenges the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. An international team of researchers has now developed a novel ...

Some people saw an article that predicted water scarcity, others saw an article predicting that climate change would increase rainfall and make water more available. Thomas Talhelm: What we found is ...

Results show that future water scarcity in 2050 is expected to increase by a factor of four in most parts of the Pearl River Basin under a scenario with high economic development and global warming.

The alarming extent of water scarcity across the world is detailed in a map compiled by a leading environmental think tank. It shows two key types of scarcity; water is said to be either physically ...

30 million Americans live in areas where surface water supply struggles to meet demand, according to a new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).. The report highlights alarming ...

Water is one of the most essential resources for life, yet it is increasingly becoming one of the scarcest. Across the world, communities are facing a growing crisis, as water scarcity threatens ...

Current and future global water scarcity intensifies when accounting for surface water quality. Nature Climate Change , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02007-0 Cite This Page : ...

You might guess that people think about the future more in places where they tend to live longer, but astonishingly, national life expectancy was not as strong a predictor as water scarcity.

Together, the results illustrate how trees can “remember” times of abundance as well as scarcity. The latter, as illustrated by the spruce study, bodes well for trees’ ability to cope with a ...

A booming population and changing climate have strained water supplies in St. George, Utah. Local leaders are betting that recycled wastewater can keep the city's taps flowing.