Fifteen miles, or roughly the distance from Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan to JFK International Airport in Queens, is all that separates Puerto Cabezas and Haulover in Nicaragua. On...
Mother Nature wasn’t going to let New Orleans off the hook. Despite one of the busiest Atlantic tropical seasons on record, the city had largely been spared by storms throughout...
Pipes absorb a litany of chemicals from fires and firefighting, which leach into the water In recent years wildfires have entered urban areas, causing breathtaking destruction. The 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise and Butte County, California was the...
Scientists, policy makers, and residents are concerned that ongoing water shortages and longer periods of drought may worsen as the climate changes and that the Paris Agreement has fallen short.For...
A number of schools found the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease in their water; and experts say more should expect to see it. Experts worry that water was left to stagnate...
More than two-fifths of residents in some US cities live in neighbourhoods with unaffordable bills. Illustration: Erre Gálvez/The Guardian Millions of ordinary Americans are facing rising and unaffordable bills for running...
Hurricane season is officially here, and if 2020 wasn't already pummeling us enough, it's expected to be a busy year for storms in the Atlantic. Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are...
Only 42 per cent of the population in the east African country has access to clean water supply The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a firm grip on...
Millions live without access to clean water in the US — and the coronavirus has left them in further turmoil. Day after day, Deanna Miller Berry watches the requests pile up...
