Water flows along Lake Powell on October 23, 2022 in Page, Arizona.Joshua Lott—The Washington Post/Getty Images The boom can no longer survive on groundwater. On Jan. 9, Arizona’s new ...

A growing population and rising temperatures will strain the world’s freshwater supplies over the next 30 years, jeopardizing available water for drinking, bathing and growing food, according to ...

Farms in western Arizona are growing alfalfa – one of the most water-intensive crops – in an area where there's a shortage of water. Some farms are foreign-owned and are shipping the crop to ...

Only 2.5% of Earth's water is freshwater. As pollution, engineering, population growth and climate change pose challenges to freshwater quality and quantity in America, the safety and amount of ...

Tom Howarth is a Newsweek reporter based in Bristol, U.K. His focus is reporting on nature and science. He covers climate change, biodiversity, extreme weather, zoonotic diseases and more.