Troubled Water: A Map of Tomorrow’s Thirsty Future
A survey of regional water crises: community stress and political standoffs. (Stress Index: World Resources Institute) North America…
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Know It All: Solving the Fresh Water Crisis at Home
From Wichita to Windhoek, municipalities and water utilities are focused on three crucial strategies: recharging, recycling, and reverse…
The Future of Fresh Water
Amid population booms and more extreme weather, we see that rising demand—not supply shortages—will be the main driver…
Debt Doesn’t Always Hurt Kids
But avoid borrowing for purchases that aren’t forward-looking. By Tom Jacobs (Illustration: Raul Arias) Is family debt always harmful…
The Water Sommelier
Can Martin Riese teach us how to value water by charging big prices in high-end restaurants? By Ryan…
The Last Gasp
The world of competitive freediving is pushing athletes to more extreme depths — where collapsed lungs, ruptured eardrums, and even…
Something Fishy
In every print issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details…
Subculture: Smith Island Watermen
What life is like on one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most isolated islands. By Elena Gooray Captain Grant…
The Flood Keeper
As Los Angeles re-thinks the pathetic concrete riverbed at its core, one hydrologist is asking developers to remember…