The ocean helps create and regulate weather around the globe and produces many of life's essentials, including water ... ecologist Enric Sala, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence.

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. From India to Bolivia, it was always the women who knew exactly how much water their family needed. When photographer ...

With projected urban growth expected to increase demand by 55 percent by 2050, we’ll have to manage future water use carefully. Springtime snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere will likely drop ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When my young daughter says she’s thirsty, I take for granted that the water from our kitchen tap is clean and safe.

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... etched heartland is the scene of one of the most dire water crises today. Last year, a government study revealed ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most people don’t have the opportunity to swim in aquifers, but National Geographic Young Explorer Jennifer Adler ...

This story appears in the August 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... thanks largely to their geology and water chemistry. In these flooded caves, such as Stargate on Andros Island ...

This story is part of a special National Geographic News series on global water issues. Rivers are the lifeblood of many plant, animal, and human communities. Yet many of the world's rivers have ...