Reflected sunlight tells a story: one of deeper shading in an ever-warmer ocean. That is because climate change will also alter green growth in the high seas
Read article: Food webs alter as warmer seas change colour
Imports of fruit and veg deplete water resources across the border
Read article: US demand for food dries out Mexico
In some regions reserves extend less than 300 m deep
Read article: How scarce is fresh US groundwater?
Analysis highlights vulnerability of dry regions to climate change
Read article: Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ water crisis due to migrating moisture corridor
Two-thirds of the world worries about water for at least a month annually. One successful source of salt-free drinkable water leaves a bitter aftertaste
Read article: Salt-free drinkable water comes at a cost
The world’s oceans are a vast reservoir of heat and ocean warming speeds differ widely
Read article: Ocean warming speeds vary with depth
Decline of snowpack in California Sierra could dry out reservoirs and exacerbate forest fires
Read article: Winters are ‘getting sick’
Fresh groundwater is less abundant in several key US basins than previously thought
Read article: Excessive withdrawals and oil and gas industry deplete groundwater
Extra 700 million people could live in arid regions by 2100
Read article: Humans to live in more arid world
First collective analysis – of floods in Nigeria and Mozambique – bodes well for identifying high-risk areas worldwide
Read article: Flood models validated in Africa
