Over 2.5 billion people depend on aquifers for fresh water, but rising seas and climate change are pushing saltwater into ...

What is Guillain-Barré syndrome? Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is also called acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP). It's a neurological disorder in which the body's immune ...

After four decades, a First Nation community in Canada is finally able to fully access clean water. St'uxwtéws (Bonaparte First Nation) has been dealing with recurring boil water advisories and water ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Anglo American have announced a pioneering partnership to combat soil salinization and improve agricultural productivity through nuclear science. The ...

Cushing syndrome, or hypercortisolism, occurs due to abnormally high levels of the hormone cortisol. This can happen for a variety of reasons. In most cases, getting treatment can help you manage ...

Billions of people rely on freshwater sources for drinking water and power generation. Around the world, 70 percent is used for agriculture. At least 10 percent of animals live exclusively in ...

Fresh Water Level on Earth: Why the abrupt drop? The team of researchers identified this abrupt, global decrease in freshwater using observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ...

Three-quarters of Australia’s freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This makes us the sole custodians of remarkable creatures such as the ornate rainbowfish, the ancient ...

The Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. The shift could indicate Earth's continents have entered a persistently drier phase.

However, even after El Niño subsided, global freshwater failed to rebound. In fact, Rodell and team report that 13 of the world's 30 most intense droughts observed by GRACE occurred since January ...