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Sao Paulo’s Water Waiting Game Avoided Rationing But Produced Huge Risk of Severe Shortage

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Desire to protect the poor left Brazil’s driest city few options…

Hawaii River Restorations Reflect National Desire to Protect Water for Public Benefit

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Using public trust doctrine, communities restore streams diverted…

Great Lakes Mayors Ask State and Federal Governments to Step Up On Algae

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Drinking water summit focuses on Toledo water crisis. Photo…

World Stands By As Algae and Dead Zones Ruin Water

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Expensive research and cleanup efforts make little headway. Photo…

Seven Ohio Drinking Water Sources Don’t Meet State Water Quality Standards for Toxic Algae

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Lack of testing requirements inhibits more thorough review of…

Toledo Issues Emergency ‘Do Not Drink Water’ Warning to Residents

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Algae toxins poison Lake Erie; 400,000 people without water. Photo…

Harmful Algal Bloom Expands in Lake Erie

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Algal bloom season is here. These tools will help you keep track. A…

‘Risky Business’ Report Says Two Things about Water — One Is Obvious, the Other Is Not

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Water is largely ignored in a report about U.S. economic risks…

Scrubbing Rocks, and Other Things Scientists Do

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Basic scientific research is not glamorous. Photo Codi Kozacek…

What Happens in the Arctic Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic

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Carbon dioxide released here can drive climate change elsewhere. Photo…

Tundra Trekking: A Tale of Rivers and Ravenous Thermokarst

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On the tundra, climate change is just one careless step away.…

Where the Sun Never Sleeps (And Neither Do The Scientists)

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COB reporter Codi Kozacek travels above the Arctic Circle. In…