Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives, according ...

Humans pumped so much groundwater out of the Earth that the planet has begun to wobble detectably on its axis, a new study has found. On its own terms, the magnitude of the new wobble is slight — a ...

Rampant removal of groundwater for drinking and irrigation has altered the distribution of water on Earth enough to shift the planet’s tilt, according to a sweeping new study. The finding underscores ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— A new series of children’s books highlights how human industries have shaped the environment over time and around the globe. Written by Center for Biological Diversity population and ...

Discover how researchers uncovered the oldest water on Earth and what it revealed about life billions of years ago.

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.

It’s an age-old belief: Human progress wrecks the environment. British data scientist Hannah Ritchie dispels this notion in my favorite book so far this year, “Not the End of the World: How We Can Be ...

In recent decades, the red planet has gone from being a distant object of study to becoming the main target of human ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two research groups announced this week ...