Series - Shallow Waters

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Climate change is already driving water scarcity, a global problem that transcends politics, nationality, borders—and demands a solution that does the same. Shallow Waters investigates the Texas-Mexico border, one of the fastest-growing regions in North America, and a microcosm of a larger story of climate-change conflict, where our survival depends on cross-border cooperation. (Illustration by Llew Mejia)

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In a warming world, the fight for water can push nations apart—or bring them together

A major US city will start drinking its own sewage. Others need to follow.

Dams and reservoirs can’t save us. This is the new future of water infrastructure.

North America hasn’t had a megadrought in recorded history. It could be overdue

How Anglo farmers brought an end to Latino ranching in the Rio Grande Valley

One of the fastest-growing regions of the US could run out of water

There’s a time bomb for US-Mexico relations ticking underground

Trump’s border wall could decimate these rare species

The US-Mexico border wall’s dangerous, costly side-effect: enormous floods