Water resources articles from across Nature Portfolio

Global terrestrial water storage (TWS) anomalies reached a record low of –9.94 cm in 2023, decreasing 0.80 cm from 2022. These reductions largely reflect ongoing TWS losses from glacial melt and groundwater use for irrigation, offset by gains in central and eastern Antarctica and La Niña-related tropical wetting.

This paper explores legal processes for penalty setting in water theft cases in transboundary water systems and develops ideas to identify differences and potentially drive consistency between jurisdictions.

In the United States, green infrastructure may be less energy and carbon-intensive than gray infrastructure and generate substantial carbon credit revenue, accelerating water quality trading, according to an analysis of data on impaired waters, technologies, and life cycle accounting.

Global terrestrial water storage (TWS) anomalies reached a record low of –9.94 cm in 2023, decreasing 0.80 cm from 2022. These reductions largely reflect ongoing TWS losses from glacial melt and groundwater use for irrigation, offset by gains in central and eastern Antarctica and La Niña-related tropical wetting.

Four scientists reflect on how to foster a more sustainable relationship between water and society amid complex and wide-ranging challenges.

Sandy Castellano explains how multiparameter meters are a quick and cost-effective method to monitor water quality in estuaries.

The nitritation process, namely the biological conversion of ammonia to nitrite, is a pivotal approach in sustainable sewage management but remains challenging to implement in practice. Now a strategy shows remarkable efficiency in swiftly initiating and maintaining sewage nitritation, even under industrially relevant conditions.

Equitable access to water of the proper quantity and quality is a human right, and water reuse is a proven way to contribute to this goal.

The sea inside Saturn’s satellite Mimas formed in the past 25 million years, a blink of the eye in geological terms.