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Water
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Now That Its Children May Suffer Permanent Damage From Lead Exposure, What’s Flint Doing About It?
Thanks to the Flint water crisis, the city's kids could experience terrible, long-lasting consequences.
Led Astray: When Looking for Lead Contamination, Flint Failed to Test Homes With Lead Pipes
Flint made many mistakes, but its haphazard lead monitoring system was the worst of them.
Eyes on the River
Virtually navigating our waterways sounds like a good time to outdoor enthusiasts, but it could also help policymakers monitor a critical natural resource.
The Gowanus Canal’s Beacon of Hope
New York University roboticists are betting that a tiny aquatic machine will inspire the community to care about Brooklyn's neglected Superfund site.
Rain Didn’t Cause the Fatal Flooding Along the Mississippi River—We Did
And local governments continue to approve real estate development inside floodplains.
Good (and Bad) Tidings: The Biggest Ocean Stories of the Past Year
Here was some of the big news coming in from the big blue sea in 2015.
A River Ran Through It
Scientists want to create a nationwide network of river corridors. Here’s why that’s not as crazy as it sounds.
How a Concerned Mother and Her Pediatrician Uncovered Flint, Michigan’s Lead-Laden Tap Water
Toxic tap water is just not acceptable in 2015 (in Flint, Michigan, or anywhere else).