Blessing or Blunder? South Korea to Build Wealth from Wetlands |
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BUAN, South Korea — From a scenic dyke in the peninsular nation’s rural north, South Korea seeks to conjure a commercial and residential development seven times larger than Manhattan. |
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Shipping Group Sings Ballast Water Blues, Regulations Remain |
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DULUTH, Minnesota — Zebra Mussels traveling into the Great Lakes region of the United States now need a passport. |
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EPA Recognizes First Water Efficient House |
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — As green builders proliferate across the nation, blue buildings are claiming their fifteen minutes as well. |
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Buffalo Rustlers in Hot Water as Company Cracks Down on Resource Theft |
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BUFFALO, New York — Homeowners unable to pay their water bills sometimes circumvent the system, reconnecting to the source themselves. But no longer |
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Choking on Change: Study Estimates Cost of Water Pollution |
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MANHATTAN, Kansas — A sip of water, a wad of singles, a wending stream. According to research from the University of Kansas, all three suffer from chemical runoff |
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Toxic Yellow River Intensifies ‘China’s Sorrow’ |
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BEIJING — One third of China’s Yellow River is now poisonous to drink, new data reveals. |
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Overcoming the sanitation stigma: An interview with author Rose George |
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In an interview with Circle of Blue, freelance journalist and author Rose George explores the politics of sanitation. |
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Rose George’s World of Human Waste and Why It Matters |
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What we should do about the dirty world of a dirty word |
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Global Trends 2025: Water shortages threaten food security, energy supply and geopolitical stability |
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The word on the world is out and, water-wise, it is far from encouraging. |
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To regulate or not to regulate: California looks for solutions to another year of dry conditions |
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Fallow fields and cattle for sale foreshadow a future of continued drought for California. |
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Special Reports
The Himalayas With one-fifth of the world’s population relying on seasonal Himalayan melting, the disappearance of the Third Pole is already giving off warning signs.
Bottomless Precedent: Global Oil Problems Big spills and bigger damage to people and water resources around the globe
Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis Counting down the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis captured by a GlobeScan and SustainAbility poll.
Bulk Water Exports As demand for freshwater increases globally, a few companies and water-rich countries envision water shipped in large tankers.
Water + Climate It's evident - without water as part of the equation, there can be no long-term solution to climate change.
The Price of Water: A Comparison of Water Rates Across the country there is wide variation in use and price for water consumption in major urban areas.
Industrial Transformation in an Era of Water Scarcity Acute water shortages will change strategy, business operations.
Coal Ash: Toxic Water Dirty Legacy Contaminates Groundwater of an Indiana Town
Tracking the Asian Carp Asian carp have become the poster children of potential threats to the Great Lakes.
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Yunnan China: Water Crisis Yunnan Province is a microcosm of the challenges facing China's vulnerable freshwater supply.
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Patagonia's Hydropower Dilemma In Chile's Trackless Mountain Wilderness, A Clash Between Pristine Rivers and Hydropower Prospects.
The Biggest Dry: Australia The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation.
Niger Delta: War on Water Thousands Search for Fresh Water, Food in a Monumentally Contaminated War Zone
Water: The Top Global Priority International Circle of Blue | GlobeScan survey finds fresh water pollution, scarcity drive public concern.
