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September 8, 2025

By Wendy Morgado Gamero, McGill University and Orianne Tournayre, Université de Montpellier As climate change and human activity threaten freshwater...

THE CONVERSATION: Droughts don’t just dry up water — they drain livelihoods and weaken local economies

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Hydrology

August 27, 2025

By S. Mehmet Ozsoy, Concordia University and Erkan Yonder, Concordia University Unlike hurricanes and floods, which arrive suddenly and tend...

THE CONVERSATION: Colorado’s subalpine wetlands may be producing a toxic form of mercury – that’s a concern for downstream water supplies

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Water quality

August 21, 2025

By Eve-Lyn Hinckley, University of Colorado Boulder The wetlands found across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado just below tree line...

THE CONVERSATION: Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems

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Wildfires and watersheds

August 15, 2025

By Faith Kearns, Arizona State University As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim...

THE CONVERSATION: Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought

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Colorado River Hydrology

August 14, 2025

By Pedro DiNezio, University of Colorado Boulder and Timothy Shanahan, The University of Texas at Austin A new wave of...

THE CONVERSATION: As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

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Colorado River

August 7, 2025

By Sarah Porter, Arizona State University The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river...

THE CONVERSATION: Wildfire season is starting weeks earlier in California – a new study shows how climate change is driving the expansion

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Wildfires and watersheds

August 7, 2025

By Gavin D. Madakumbura, University of California, Los Angeles and Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles Fire season is...

THE CONVERSATION: Water wars: a historic agreement between Mexico and US is ramping up border tension

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Colorado River

July 25, 2025

By Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex As climate change drives rising temperatures and changes in rainfall, Mexico and the US...

THE CONVERSATION: One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

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Water quality

July 22, 2025

By Boluwatife S. Olubusoye, University of Mississippi and James V Cizdziel, University of Mississippi Every few years, the tires on...

THE CONVERSATION: California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power

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Agriculture

July 16, 2025

By Jacob Stid, Michigan State University; Annick Anctil, Michigan State University, and Anthony Kendall, Michigan State University Imagine that you...

THE CONVERSATION: After the smoke clears, a wildfire’s legacy can haunt rivers for years, putting drinking water at risk

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Wildfires and watersheds

June 23, 2025

Ben Livneh, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Picture a wildfire raging across a forested mountainside. The smoke billows and...

THE CONVERSATION: Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews

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Policy and regulation

June 4, 2025

By J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Getting federal approval for permits to build bridges, wind farms, highways and other major infrastructure...

THE CONVERSATION: Managing forests and other ecosystems under rising threats requires thinking across wide-ranging scenarios

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Ecosystems Planning and management

May 27, 2025

By Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder; Brian W. Miller, U.S. Geological Survey, and Imtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder...

THE CONVERSATION: How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat

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Ecosystems Policy and regulation

May 14, 2025

By Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Karrigan Börk, University of California, Davis It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit...

THE CONVERSATION: Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

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Policy and regulation

April 21, 2025

By Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent...

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THE CONVERSATION: How environmental RNA can give us a real-time picture of freshwater biodiversity

THE CONVERSATION: Droughts don’t just dry up water — they drain livelihoods and weaken local economies

THE CONVERSATION: Colorado’s subalpine wetlands may be producing a toxic form of mercury – that’s a concern for downstream water supplies

THE CONVERSATION: Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems

THE CONVERSATION: Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought

THE CONVERSATION: As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

THE CONVERSATION: Wildfire season is starting weeks earlier in California – a new study shows how climate change is driving the expansion

THE CONVERSATION: Water wars: a historic agreement between Mexico and US is ramping up border tension

THE CONVERSATION: One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

THE CONVERSATION: California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power

THE CONVERSATION: After the smoke clears, a wildfire’s legacy can haunt rivers for years, putting drinking water at risk

THE CONVERSATION: Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews

THE CONVERSATION: Managing forests and other ecosystems under rising threats requires thinking across wide-ranging scenarios

THE CONVERSATION: How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat

THE CONVERSATION: Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy