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In a First, U.S. Declares Water Scarcity on Colorado River

With climate change and prolonged drought continuing to weigh on the Colorado River, the federal government declared a water shortage for the first time on Monday at Lake Mead, one of the river's main reservoirs.The declaration triggers…

Simply in Time for Pool Season: A Chlorine Scarcity

Stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, people who found themselves sitting on savings from canceled vacations and other cutbacks built pools in record numbers last year to make quarantine more enjoyable.Then a fire at the end of…

Why a Scarcity Has Made Laptop Chips the New Bathroom Paper

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.Most people need toilet paper and computer chips every day, and yet we rarely think of either.That changed during the coronavirus pandemic when…

Instances, fatalities rise as oxygen scarcity persists

A Covid-19 coronavirus patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, under a tent on May 6, 2021 on the side of the road in Ghaziabad.Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty ImagesIndia again reported…

A Laptop Chip Scarcity Has Hobbled the Auto Trade

All over the world, car assembly lines are getting quiet, workers stand still, and dealer parking lots look empty.A shortage of semiconductors, the tiny but critical chips used to calibrate cars' fuel injection, run infotainment systems, or…