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Rocas saliendo del océano en una costa
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Circones de 4,000 millones de años podrían contener nuestras evidencias más antiguas de la existencia de agua dulce

by Nathaniel Scharping 4 September 20244 September 2024

Cristales australianos apuntan a la existencia de agua dulce, así como de continentes que se elevaban sobre el océano Hadeano de la Tierra.

People floating in colorful tubes in the distance down gentle river rapids.
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Labor Day Dips Alter Stream Composition

by Grace van Deelen 30 August 20242 June 2025

Holiday weekend tubing introduces toxic chemicals and shifts microbial communities in a popular Colorado river.

Satellite view of rectangular evaporation ponds used for lithium mining located amid a bright white salt flat.
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Concerns over Lithium, Water, and Climate in Earth’s Two Highest Deserts

by Lan Cuo 27 August 202427 May 2025

Brine mining to meet resource demands amid renewable energy transitions is affecting water resources in South America and China. Hydrologists can help understand how and join the search for solutions.

A stream in a rocky, high-walled brown desert
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More Than Half of Contiguous U.S. River Water Comes from Ephemeral Streams

by Nathaniel Scharping 29 July 202431 July 2024

The finding has potential implications for water regulations, which don’t currently cover these seasonal streams.

White and bright blue icebergs against a dark blue ocean photographed from above.
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Scientists Find Clues to Atlantic Current’s Future in Ancient Iceberg Debris

by Elise Cutts 23 July 202423 July 2024

Modern ice loss from Greenland rivals the most dramatic episodes of ice sheet collapse.

Rocks sticking out of the ocean on the shore
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Four-Billion-Year-Old Zircons May Contain Our Earliest Evidence of Fresh Water

by Nathaniel Scharping 16 July 20244 September 2024

Australian crystals hint at fresh water, as well as land rising above Earth’s Hadean ocean.

Hands under flowing water
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Water Scarcity Likely to Increase in the Coming Decades

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 July 20242 July 2024

Hydrological modeling suggests that by 2100 more than 65% of the world’s population might, at least sporadically, lack access to clean water.

A lake surrounded by trees on a smoky day
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Wildfire Smoke Affects the Function of Lake Ecosystems

by Carolyn Wilke 27 June 202427 June 2024

Smoke-covered lakes see shifts in biological and energy processes that influence food webs, carbon storage, and more.

A meltwater lake surrounded by a ring fracture on Antarctica’s George VI ice shelf.
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Antarctic Ice Doughnuts May Hold the Key to Shelf Collapse

by J. Besl 13 June 202413 June 2024

The first direct record of ring fractures in Antarctic ice shows how the phenomenon could cause rapid ice shelf collapse.

A sand dune on the shores of Lake Michigan on a sunny day.
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Forever Chemicals Are Raining Down on the Great Lakes

by Grace van Deelen 3 June 2024

PFAS levels are growing in some of the Great Lakes, and precipitation is a big contributor.

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