It’s wild to think that the world’s landmasses are surrounded by ocean water, yet if any of that saltwater intrudes into the landmasses, the consequences are sometimes dire. When this happens, it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Communities along the freshwater Mississippi River are facing a growing threat from an intrusion of saltwater moving the wrong way ...

The threat of saltwater intrusion moving up the Mississippi River last year sent New Orleans and its neighbors scrambling for solutions to protect drinking water, but it also posed deeper questions ...

A new global analysis suggests that the sodium in drinking water could be an overlooked contributor to high blood pressure. The study, published in BMJ ...

The Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) on Thursday outlined a multi-hundred-million-dollar plan to halt worsening seawater intrusion by treating and pumping water back ...

NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has signed an emergency declaration over an intrusion of saltwater into the Mississippi River that officials say could impact the water supply in the ...

BELLE CHASSE, La. — Saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico has reached some drinking water intakes in Plaquemines Parish. The same problem caused a monthslong emergency late last year, but this time around ...

MYRTLE GROVE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army ...

The sustainable management of coastal aquifers is an increasingly critical field of research as growing populations, climate change and excessive groundwater abstraction combine to heighten the risk ...

Today, 30-year-old garment factory worker Khadiza Akhter lives in Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Her small concrete house is clean and organized. Green shutters frame the windows ...