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Management of Australia’s Murray–Darling basin deemed ‘negligent’
An independent review offers a scathing assessment of water-sharing policies for the country’s largest river system.
- Bianca Nogrady
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The non-stop waste of water
Margaret Catley-Carlson reflects on millennia of resource mismanagement.
- Margaret Catley-Carlson
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Mass fish deaths in Australia set to continue
Drought conditions and poor water management have contributed to the events.
- Bianca Nogrady
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Correspondence |
South Africa beats back invasive plants
- Philip J. Ivey
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- & Julie A. Coetzee
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India: a turbulent tale of rivers, floods and monsoons
Philip Ball plunges into a chronicle of the subcontinent’s human and environmental histories.
- Philip Ball
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Protect Denmark’s groundwater from pesticides
- Christian Sonne
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- & Aage K. Olsen Alstrup
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The foods that could save Europe’s water and boost Europeans’ health
A plant-rich diet has a smaller ‘water footprint’ than one based on meat feasts.
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Nature Podcast |
Podcast: Rats, reefs, and career streaks
Join Shamini Bundell and Adam Levy as they bring the latest science news to your ears.
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The Flint water crisis: how citizen scientists exposed poisonous politics
Mark Peplow extols two books on broken pipes and promises in Michigan.
- Mark Peplow
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Science must help to make city living sustainable
It’s time researchers got to grips with the formidable challenge of rapidly growing urbanization.
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Nature Index |
Pooled resources
A mutually beneficial collaboration between a water company and a small applied science university yields an innovative and sustainable treatment.
- Jack Leeming
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Chilean Atacama site imperilled by lithium mining
- Jorge S. Gutiérrez
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- & Andrea Soriano-Redondo
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India and Pakistan should work together for water security
- Syed Ather Hussain
- , Vinod C. Nayak
- & Ritesh G. Menezes
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Better management of groundwater needed in Pakistan
- Muhammad Arif Watto
- , Safdar Bashir
- & Nabeel Khan Niazi
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Tree rings reveal increased fire risk for southwestern US
Historical record points to climate patterns that could prime the region for an intense fire season.
- Cally Carswell
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Groundbreaking Australian Murray–Darling water agreement in peril
Report warns that without major changes, environment plan will fail.
- April Reese
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Books & Arts |
Books in brief
Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.
- Barbara Kiser
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Signing up to safe water for billions
- Quentin Grafton
- , Asit K. Biswas
- & Cecilia Tortajada
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Golden neurons, river piracy and bright nights
April’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
- Daniel Cressey
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Egypt: Space to grow
Fertile land is at a premium in Egypt. Reclaiming the desert is repeatedly proposed as the solution, but should the country be doing more with what it already has?
- Louise Sarant
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Eating ourselves dry
Do human consumption habits affect groundwater depletion as a result of international food trade? A global analysis indicates that they do, and shows which products and countries have the biggest impact. See Letter p.700
- Maite M. Aldaya
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Groundwater depletion embedded in international food trade
Global food consumption drives irrigation for crops, which depletes aquifers in some regions; here we quantify the volumes of groundwater depletion associated with global food production and international trade.
- Carole Dalin
- , Yoshihide Wada
- & Michael J. Puma
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Regulatory reform puts US waters in jeopardy
The Clean Water Rule is under threat — but it is grounded in science and should be strengthened, not repealed.
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Wildlife in decline: Earth's vertebrates fall 58% in past four decades
Living Planet Report predicts that by 2020, populations will have declined by two-thirds from 1970.
- Nisha Gaind
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Sunlight helps to purify water
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Books & Arts |
Books in brief
Barbara Kiser reviews five of the week's best science picks.
- Barbara Kiser
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Correspondence |
Embed stormwater use in city planning
- Shunsuke Managi
- , Ashantha Goonetilleke
- & Clevo Wilson
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California agriculture weathers drought — at a cost
El Niño might bring relief, but longer and deeper dry spells are predicted.
- Erika Check Hayden
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Olympics will make water scarcity worse
- Hong Yang
- , Julian R. Thompson
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Water: Megacities running dry in Brazil
- Richard Meganck
- , Karl Havens
- & Ricardo M. Pinto-Coelho
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Research network to track alpine water
- John Pomeroy
- , Matthias Bernhardt
- & Daniel Marks
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Books & Arts |
Sustainability science: Exploiting the synergies
Dave Griggs relishes Jeffrey Sachs's analysis of the policy and practice key to a viable future for people and planet.
- David Griggs
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Slick idea proposed to stretch water supplies
In drought-ridden US, water managers consider using a coating one molecule thick to reduce evaporation from reservoirs.
- Matthew Wald