From Louisiana to The Gambia, a quiet shift is reshaping coastlines and livelihoods. Freshwater once drawn from taps and rivers is turning brackish, threatening drinking supplies and food production.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent story out of New Jersey highlighted a growing concern faced by coastal communities across the United States: saltwater ...

The Delaware River Basin Commission directed emergency reservoir releases beginning in October 2024, dumping about 1.12 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2022, California built an emergency drought barrier across the West False River near Oakley to protect against saltwater ...

Brown areas in a field in Hyde County, in eastern North Carolina, show the effects of saltwater intrusion. Scientists at NC State University have been experimenting with salt-tolerant crops to help ...

Dwarf palmettos tolerate the high-salinity soil in the Francis Marion National Forest. The surrounding pine and hardwood trees, however, are stressed and dying because of sea level rise, said Alton ...

Rising sea levels cause visible damage to coastal communities—but we should also be worried about what’s happening beneath our line of sight, as upsetting new research suggests. New research from NASA ...

From The Gambia to the US, sea salt is increasingly seeping into the freshwaters people need for drinking and producing food.Someone turns on the tap for drinking water in New Orleans, but the water ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Leaders with the New Orleans Public Schools discussed how the district is preparing for the potential saltwater intrusion from the Mississippi River. Superintendent Dr. Avis ...

A recent story out of New Jersey highlighted a growing concern faced by coastal communities across the United States: saltwater intrusion into freshwater sources. Currently, rising sea levels and ...