Holiday weekend tubing introduces toxic chemicals and shifts microbial communities in a popular Colorado river.
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Concerns over Lithium, Water, and Climate in Earth’s Two Highest Deserts
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.
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More Than Half of Contiguous U.S. River Water Comes from Ephemeral Streams
The finding has potential implications for water regulations, which don’t currently cover these seasonal streams.
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Scientists Find Clues to Atlantic Current’s Future in Ancient Iceberg Debris
Modern ice loss from Greenland rivals the most dramatic episodes of ice sheet collapse.
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Four-Billion-Year-Old Zircons May Contain Our Earliest Evidence of Fresh Water
Australian crystals hint at fresh water, as well as land rising above Earth’s Hadean ocean.
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Water Scarcity Likely to Increase in the Coming Decades
Hydrological modeling suggests that by 2100 more than 65% of the world’s population might, at least sporadically, lack access to clean water.
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Wildfire Smoke Affects the Function of Lake Ecosystems
Smoke-covered lakes see shifts in biological and energy processes that influence food webs, carbon storage, and more.
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Antarctic Ice Doughnuts May Hold the Key to Shelf Collapse
The first direct record of ring fractures in Antarctic ice shows how the phenomenon could cause rapid ice shelf collapse.
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Forever Chemicals Are Raining Down on the Great Lakes
PFAS levels are growing in some of the Great Lakes, and precipitation is a big contributor.
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Changing Snowpack Inspires New Measurement
Climate change is bringing increased variability to annual snowfall, which affects how much water is stored for ecosystem and human use.