Mark Gongloff

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Worldwide decline of groundwater is alarming

Latest initiatives to kick-start the rejuvenation of aquifers have proven successful

As the Earth heats up, it's essential for more individuals to grasp water scarcity and, when appropriate and equitable, assign a fair price to reflect its actual worth

It’s too easy for floods to cripple New York

US city isn’t ready for an era of climate-charged flooding as a routine rainstorm showed

US Special Operations Unit rescue personnel with the Westchester County Emergency Services paddle in rafts as they check buildings for victims trapped in heavy flooding in the New York City suburb of Mamaroneck on September 29, 2023. Roughly half the subway lines in one of the world’s busiest metro systems were suspended or delayed. Streets and highways around the city were flooded. The city’s airports, key national hubs, faced massive delays.

Corals are in peril. Life without them would be dire

Global warming is putting extreme stress on reefs on which human and marine life depend

A colony of mushroom leather coral grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia, on October 25, 2019. More than a quarter of sea life depends on reefs, and 1 billion humans need them and the creatures they support for food and livelihood. Reefs protect coastal settlements from storms and floods.

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