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Known by some as "America's Nile," the Colorado River stretches about 1,450 miles across seven states and two countries — and photographer Peter McBride has traveled the entire thing, shooting photos for his new book, The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict. McBride explains the conflict in an...

Magellan Would Be Shocked Water feels good when we're thirsty, cools us when we're hot, looks great in a pond, a lake, a cloud. Because we ourselves are two-thirds water, we like the stuff, we're drawn to it. We search the universe looking for signs of water and when we look back at our planet, we ...

For thousands of years, nomadic herdsmen have roamed the harsh, semi-arid lowlands that stretch across 80 percent of Kenya and 60 percent of Ethiopia. Descendants of the oldest tribal societies in the world, they survive thanks to the animals they raise and the crops they grow, their travels determi...

What is the one natural substance that is MOST vital to life on Earth? Water. Without water, life is impossible for most creatures and plants.  Clean water is essential to life, and as the Earth’s population grows, water is becoming more and more a limiting factor to human life. Concentrating ...

    If you are reading this article over breakfast, the chances are you have recently stepped into the shower, lathered up your hair and torso, rinsed off, towelled and blow-dried, before dousing your armpits with deodorant, and wafting on a fog of perfume or aftershave.   Then ...

Water scarcity has always been a problem in the southwestern desert, with practically everyone relying on one river, the Colorado, to quench their thirst and the thirst of their crops. Increased water demands coupled with a long protracted drought in the Upper Colorado River Basin has created a pote...

  As his administration contends with the BP Plc oil spill, Obama was to sign an executive order creating a single National Ocean Council to make sense of the huge number of rules from different agencies on the use of U.S. coastal waters and the Great Lakes. The plan, the final recommendation...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has launched an organization to help protect endangered tigers. The Titanic star has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund to create Save Tigers Now, with the aim of raising $20 million (£13 million) for the cause. DiCaprio, who is currently in Asia learning about the ...

By David Bois World Water Day 2010: Everything You Need to Know the annual UN-sponsored focus on the technical, social, and political challenges and opportunities relating to the world's supply of fresh water. We rarely give clean water and sanitation a second thought, mostly because our water de...

Catching rainwater has never been easier. Hey! Tanks L.A focuses on the practice of catching and collecting rainwater for irrigation and any other household purposes. Hey! Tanks L.A just visited Environmental Charter High School to demonstrate to Green Ambassadors how to install your own rainwater ...