Mountains supply fresh water to billions of people worldwide. From drinking water and sanitation to food production and energy, mountain waters sustain life far beyond high-altitude regions. As the ...

In a matter of hours, the Mountain fire charged rapidly across the Santa Susana Mountains and into nearby foothill neighborhoods, forcing widespread evacuations and demanding intense firefights from ...

Mountains and waters have been the carriers of poetry and picturesque since ancient times, and they are also the hot land on which the ancestors have lived for generations. Therefore, green water and ...

In the 1930s, workers using explosives and machinery excavated a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto to bring Colorado River water to Southern California. The Metropolitan Water District recently ...

EDEN — Nestled amid three ski resorts in Ogden’s upper valley, this mountainside town (population about 900) grapples with growth and how to manage one of its most critical resources — water. Last ...

Not every New York trip needs to be in the city. If you want to be surrounded by forested mountains and water, you can head to the Town of Neversink, in the northeastern part of Sullivan County (about ...

The warm, dry winter also has Oregon residents bracing for an early start to wildfire season this year. Forecasters predicted ...

(All images copyright Yao Lu, courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY) SAN FRANCISCO — Pollution and health have been on the Chinese mind as of late. From dead pigs in Shanghai to tips for avoiding ...

Mountains are special places. They have distinctive climates that are generally cooler and wetter than surrounding lowlands, and they host plants, animals and landscapes that are uniquely found in ...

PATAGONIA, Arizona—Deep in the Patagonia Mountains, puffs of cool air from a cavernous natural spring interrupt the desert heat. The water bubbles up from an underground aquifer and trickles into Alum ...

Colorado water managers stressed the importance of water conservation during a talk last week about what homeowners should ...