As a child, Stephen Lewis heard stories about a river that, for the most part, no longer flowed. “How I grew up was that it was a theft, that it was stolen from us,” he told me late last year. “There ...

Researchers have discovered how plant roots adapt their shape to maximize their uptake of water, pausing branching when they lose contact with water and only resuming once they reconnect with moisture ...

Around 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, with freshwater comprising only 2.5% of the Earth’s water covered surface. With global water demand expected to increase by 55% between 2000 to ...