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‘Everyone Loses’: The Government Is Rationing Water at the California-Oregon Border
A major drought has forced farmers and Indigenous tribes to compete for water in a situation nobody ever wanted.
Feds Indict Kansas Man for Allegedly Hacking Into Water Supply
A 22-year old allegedly hacked into a Kansas public water system and shut it down.
Scientists Collected Human DNA From the Air In a Breakthrough
The first reported collection of human and animal DNA from ambient air is a boon for researchers in forensic archeology, ecology, and population studies.
Texas Jails Were Freezing and Smelled Like Urine
“The air smells like urine. I hate saying this—but it’s like congealed piss in the toilets. It’s gross,” one prisoner at the Harris County Jail told VICE News.
Hacker Tried to Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Police Say
The hacker tried to drastically increase sodium hydroxide levels in the water, Pinellas County, Florida, officials said on Monday.
Designer Water, Horse Jizz, and Other Ridiculously Expensive Liquids
A gallon of semen from a popular show jumping stallion is worth $4.7 million.
The Activist Who Keeps Exposing Environmental Racism in the U.S.
Dr. Beverly Wright, co-founder of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, has spent decades empowering communities that are vulnerable to toxic chemicals.
Climate Change Is Making Women's Chores Deadlier
The job of collecting water during the dry season is sending women in northern Kenya farther and farther afield, even while pregnant. Some women don't make it back alive.
NASA Found a Lot of Water on the Moon In Breakthrough for Human Habitation
Lunar water “may be more widely distributed and accessible as a resource for future missions than previously thought,” according to one of two major studies published on Monday.
Battles Over Water Are Stoking a War in Africa’s Sahel
The solutions aren't simple, and conflicts are on the rise.
Coronavirus Is Devastating the Navajo Nation
About 30% to 40% of residents don’t have running water, which makes following basic CDC guidelines, such as handwashing, almost impossible.
They Were Tired of Dirty Tap Water. So They Became the Water Authority
After going decades without clean drinking water, 15 First Nations in Atlantic Canada have signed an agreement with the federal government to create the country's first Indigenous-led water authority.