Tehran is grappling with a water crisis so severe the Iranian president has suggested people may need to evacuate, and the ...

Tehran is not alone. Cape Town in South Africa narrowly avoided taps running dry eight years ago. Even London, known for its ...

Relief can’t come to Tehran soon enough. American cities in California and the southwest, with similarly arid climates and ...

“The water crisis is more serious than what is being discussed today, and if we do not take urgent action now, we will face a situation in the future for which no remedy can be found,” Pezeshkian was ...

Violence over water is on the rise worldwide. Researchers counted a record 420 incidents of conflict in 2024, many in Ukraine ...

Climate simulations reveal that Day Zero Drought conditions are approaching rapidly worldwide, putting vast populations at risk of severe water scarcity. A new study in Nature Communications from rese ...

Desperation is mounting in Ecuador’s capital as thousands of people remain without drinking water a week into Quito’s worst shortage in 25 years. The daily lives of some 400,000 residents have been ...

Millions of people in the Western U.S. are at risk of seeing reduced access to both water and power as two of the nation's biggest reservoirs continue to dry up inch by inch. The United Nations issued ...

Scientists say hotspots of extreme water scarcity could emerge in some parts of the world by the 2020s and 2030s, with urban areas particularly affected. - Copyright ...

BEAVER, Utah — Residents of Beaver received a notice Tuesday morning asking them to reduce lawn watering as the city faces a water shortage. The city of 3,700 has implemented new water conservation ...

The sight of parched earth stretching for miles, visible even from satellites orbiting hundreds of kilometers above, tells a ...