The Mississippi River is flowing at its lowest level in at least a decade, and until rain relieves a worsening drought in the region, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to maintain water levels high enough to carry critical exports from the nation’s bread basket.

The wind finally blew the other way last night and kicked out the smoke from the burning Sierra. Down here in the flatland of California, we used to regard the granite mountain as a place apart, our getaway. But the distance is no more. With all those dead pine trees in thrall to wildfire, the Sierra, transmuted into ash, is right outside our door.

Fast fashion is ‘killing’ Africa’s rivers by polluting them with chemicals and dyes.

Rapid filling of a giant dam at the headwaters of the Nile River—the world's biggest waterway that supports millions of people—could reduce water supplies to downstream Egypt by more than one-third, new USC research shows.

The Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River) in Québec will enjoy new protections as Canada joins a global movement to recognize both Indigenous law and the rights of nature

Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States

The National Trust says the dam in Somerset "might look modest, but it is incredibly special".

Across the NSW portion of the Murray-Darling Basin, Aboriginal people make up almost 10% of the population. Yet they hold a mere 0.2% of all available surface water.

Across the United States, dams generate hydroelectric power, store water for drinking and irrigation, control flooding and create recreational opportunities such as slack-water boating and waterskiing.

Five-year study of animals in Devon finds measurable benefits to wildlife and people

The entwined roots of Indian rubber trees form bridges that—unlike steel structures—grow more durable with time.

More than 200 million cubic metres of waste found floating off Chinese shores last year

Today we are facing so many environmental problems out of which one is water pollution. We are throwing away all the garbage directly into our lakes, rivers and oceans. We just can’t imagine how much waste is already present in our water bodies and therefore in the end we have to rely on new technologies and devices which can help us in cleaning our lakes and oceans.

‘Total surprise’ discovery overturns conventional understanding of rivers

Climate change is accelerating the spread of lethal algal blooms in American waterways—with devastating results for humans and animals alike.

The Coquitlam area river and its tributaries are under attack. But advocates are working to repair the damage.

About half a million acres of land in the rural Yazoo backwater area in Missisippi is underwater, a devastating blow for a poor region where agriculture is the economy’s lifeblood

Cuyahoga River rises from the ashes and the jokes 50 years after the fire.

In June 1969, a fire on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River—the last in a series of big blazes spanning decades—spurred the government to make sweeping environmental changes that altered the course of the country. By Vince Guerrieri.

Antibiotic pollution can fuel drug resistance in microbes. A global survey of rivers finds unsafe levels of antibiotics in 16 percent of sites.