The island, close to Nicaragua but part of Colombia, boasts waters in seven shades of the color. Counting them — from a boat, from a cay, from the shade of a coconut tree — is a meditative experience.
Category: Water
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Big Companies Cashed In on Mississippi’s Water. Small Towns Paid the Price.
They vowed to fix water woes and save cities millions. But a Times investigation found the deals racked up debt and left many worse off than before.
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Dubai’s Costly Water World
The city has spent billions of dollars to provide fresh water to its residents and tourist attractions, but experts say the efforts are straining the Persian Gulf’s natural resources.
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Drought Saps the Panama Canal, Disrupting Global Trade
The number of ships that can travel through the vital route has fallen sharply this year because of a lack of water for the locks, raising costs and slowing deliveries.
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Paddle Boarding Florida’s ‘Spring Runs’
Underground springs create short, clear creeks in the state’s interior, and a paddle board is the perfect way to explore them.
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Paddle boarding Florida’s ‘Spring Runs’
Underground springs create short, clear creeks in the state’s interior, and a paddle board is the perfect way to explore them.
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Water Is Essential to Life. How Could It Ever Go Out of Style?
The fashion world has long been fascinated with the natural world, but the love affair poses one major challenge: how to create the (convincing) illusion of wetness.
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Is Ice the Ultimate Luxury?
Americans, in particular, tend to think of frozen water as essential. But this seemingly ubiquitous commodity is no longer something we can take for granted.
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Iced Coffee and Flip-Flops as Europe Broils? Not So Fast, Americans.
As large numbers of U.S. tourists visit Europe during a record hot summer, their efforts to stay cool are running up against cultural norms.
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We’re Drinking More Water. How to Hold It: That’s the Question.
Americans are drinking more water. How best to contain it: That’s the burning question.