One of the driest places in the world also has one of the most sophisticated water-trading markets. Australia manages to combine extreme water scarcity with billions of dollars in trading turnover.

Water scarcity might seem like a distant problem in a world where three-quarters of the planet's surface is water. Yet this precious resource increasingly finds itself at the center of humanity's most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SciTechDaily has shared a report that a new study indicates up to 66% of people worldwide may not have access to enough clean ...

Climate change has many signals—rising sea levels, melting glaciers, stronger storms—but the first and most immediate sign for most people on the planet is water. Not too much of it. Not too little.

Peconic, N.Y.: Al Krupski, a fourth generation farmer and owner of Krupski Farms in Peconic, New York, holds dry soil that he describes as "powder" in one of his pumpkin fields, on Nov. 19, 2024. Long ...

Southern Australia is among the global regions forecast to experience "day-zero droughts", periods of extreme drought and water shortages in the years ahead, according to new research. The study, ...

Water scarcity is one of the most pressing development challenges of our time. Today, 2.4 billion people live in water-stressed countries. Many are smallholder farmers who already struggle to meet ...