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‘We Went Back to the Stone Age’

Namzi Mwafi, 23, has one job, day in and day out: find water for his family. Dozens of his extended…

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Fan Dies at Taylor Swift Concert in Rio’s Extreme Heat

Many fans fell sick at the show, where temperatures broke records and concertgoers complained of a lack of water. Saturday’s…

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Dubai’s Costly Water World

For a desert city, Dubai appears like a water wonderland. Visitors can scuba dive in the world’s deepest pool or…

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Satellite imagery shows a water plant in Gaza City burned down amid a dire water shortage.

Fire has gutted a water treatment plant on the outskirts of Gaza City, satellite images captured on Thursday and Friday…

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Storms, Rising Seas and Salty Drinking Water Threaten Lower Louisiana

Where the Mississippi River ends, the compounding threats of drought and climate change put pressure on communities that feel forgotten.

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Old Faithful Is Boiling, Smelly and the Perfect Home for These Living Things

In one of Yellowstone National Park’s most well-known attractions, researchers discovered an extraordinary diversity of microbial life.

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Thirst and Hunger Grow in Besieged Gaza Amid Israeli Bombardment

Residents wait in line for hours for bread and water, with fights sometimes breaking out. The United Nations has called…

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A Glimpse Into Spain’s Future, Where Water Comes by Truck, Not Tap

Residents of Pozoblanco and 22 other villages in the country’s south have had to get their drinking water from tankers…

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A Severe Drought Pushes an Imperiled Amazon to the Brink

The planet’s biggest freshwater tank is in trouble. The Amazon rainforest, where a fifth of the world’s freshwater flows, is…

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Nearly Half of Gaza’s Population Displaced in Humanitarian Crisis

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza have left their homes in the past day alone. The U.N. warned…

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