Water

Is the briny sludge teeming with tiny organisms?

If it’s anything like the lake beneath the ice of Antarctica, it might just harbor life.

Anyone infected with the amoeba has a 97 percent chance of dying from it.

"We see a distinctive pattern of the wet land areas of the world getting wetter...and the dry areas in between getting dryer."

The discovery could have profound implications for science.

Lobbyists with the energy sector have pushed the EPA to scrap the Obama-era water rules for months.

Neptune and Uranus could have thin exterior shells of liquid water and thick interior mantles of superionic ice water.

Supercooled water droplets can exist naturally, but physicists still don’t know just how cold liquid water can get.

Exposure to arsenic-contaminated water can lead to health problems including cancer, skin diseases and heart problems.

A 2017 Gallup poll found that 63 percent of Americans worry a great deal about drinking water pollution.

Millions of people are forced to walk more than 30 minutes to collect drinking water.

The lead levels in Pittsburgh's drinking water are comparable to those reported in Flint, Michigan, an expert says.

The Syrian city has now been without running water for four days, according to the U.N.

Increased meat consumption in the developing world is fast depleting fresh water supplies, according to a secret report first released by WikiLeaks.

Study 'demonstrates that fracking is a safe source of jobs, prosperity and low-cost energy.'

The Middle East water crisis, now spread to the U.S., is sparking unrest across the world.

New data shows 73 percent of the world’s islands will be threatened by aridity by 2050.

When the St. Francis Dam burst 88 years ago, 12.4 billion gallons of water rose 140 feet, surging 54 miles to the Pacific Ocean.

Research shows that nitrogen builds up in agricultural soils for decades and poses a longer-term threat than previously known.

The same properties that help desert plants survive droughts can clear water sources of pollutants.

Newsweek’s resident beach expert steers you to the world’s best places to dig your toes into the sand.