The vast majority—97 percent—of the earth’s water is salt water found in our oceans. Another two percent is stored in ice caps or glaciers. That leaves just one percent of all water on earth for ...

Water utilities, warily monitoring the problem, say they may need to invest several hundred million dollars in new desalinization plants to reverse the trend. Salt from icy roads is contaminating ...

Drinking water is not yet impacted, but officials are taking urgent measures. Drought and sea level rise have caused salt water from the Atlantic Ocean to creep into the Delaware River Basin ...

The ocean is a continuous body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Ocean currents govern the world's weather and churn a kaleidoscope of life. Humans depend on ...