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Parting the Waters

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 18, 2023January 17, 2023

“Generations of family memories wash away in Silver Falls.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Lessons of Uzbekistan’s Lost Sea

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 30, 2022January 31, 2023

“One of history’s worst environmental disasters is now a tourist attraction. What can it teach us about the fate of humankind?”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 28, 2022October 19, 2022

Past attempts to control the great Mississippi River through levees have led to significant land loss along the delta. Boyce Upholt asks: What more can be done — and at what cost? One morning last summer, as we weave in his skiff through the parish’s marshland, Richie Blink tells me that the federal government has […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Battle to Save Waikiki Beach

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 2, 2022October 19, 2022

“No longer are coastal cities arguing about whether warming poses a monumental threat, but about the best way to respond.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘A Profound Betrayal of Trust’: Why Jackson’s Water System Is Broken

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 7, 2021October 19, 2022

“How a shrinking city, aging infrastructure and racism left thousands of Jacksonians without water for weeks.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

The Geography Closest In

by Longreads January 26, 2021October 19, 2022

In her new book, Miranda Ward explores the unique place of almost-motherhood — an uncertain landscape characterized by waiting, wanting, hoping, and not-knowing.

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Waterworld

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 30, 2020October 19, 2022

Still or sparkling or artesian or glacier? Martin Riese, America’s first water sommelier, believes that the more we think about what we drink, the more we’ll care about the planet.

Posted inBooks, Design, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story

The Ancient Waterways of Phoenix, Arizona

by Longreads February 5, 2020December 16, 2022

To understand this sprawling desert city, you have to understand its canals, whose routes Indigenous people dug as far back as A.D. 200.

Moab, Utah
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

‘I’d Rather Import Water Than Export Children’

by Catherine Cusick August 21, 2018March 28, 2023

Growth advocates in St. George, Utah want a billion-dollar pipeline to support a rising population. Conservationists don’t.

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Posted inBusiness, Food, Highlight, Quotes

The Unbearable Blandness of Water

by michelleweber August 2, 2018October 19, 2022

Water companies go to impressive lengths to distinguish their tasteless product from their competitors’ tasteless product.

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