Water

Water shortages and problems around Minnesota — and the country — have many wondering what is the true cost of clean and reliable water. This reporting is supported in part by The Water Main, a project of American Public Media.

A site where Hawkes Company hopes to mine peat has been deemed to have high biodiversity significance, meaning it would need to be restored to equivalent or better habitat.
While corals die along the Great Barrier Reef, humans struggle to adjust
It's the world's biggest coral reef system, home to some 400 types of coral. In the past 18 months, rising ocean temperatures helped cause the single greatest loss of coral ever recorded there.
Why are trees moving west?
Ecologists report that more and more trees are popping up west of where they'd typically grow. The study's authors hypothesize it has to do with moisture, not temperature.
Democrats warn of the potential state impact of changes in the health law being considered at the federal level.
California's near-record snowpack is melting into raging rivers
After a decade of drought, high snow levels this year are melting and turning California rivers into hazards. At the Kern River, at least six people have died this year.
Minn. loons could get aid from BP oil spill cleanup funds
Researchers are seeking federal money to help restore the damage to the state's loon population, estimated at about 12,000 birds, likely caused by the BP oil spill seven years ago.