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Australian Terry Peck was dining at a waterfront restaurant when he apparently tried to skip out on a $450 bill. Police on jet skis chased him down after he jumped into the water.

Two North Florida lawmakers met with Wakulla County residents Thursday to hear their concerns ahead of the upcoming legislative session.

Scientists say that climate change is having an effect on the levels of the world’s oceans. But it’s also apparently affecting the oxygen levels...

A group seeking to make clean water a constitutional right in Florida has restarted efforts to get the measure on the ballot.The FloridaRighttoCleanWater.org committee fell short of collecting nearly 900,000 valid signatures of registered voters for placement on the 2024 ballot. But the committee now is aiming to get its proposal before voters in 2026.

PFAS chemicals have been used for decades to waterproof and stain-proof consumer products and are linked to health problems.

Dark, finger-like features that appear and extend down some Martian slopes during the warmest months of the year on Mars may show activity of salty water there. They fade in winter, then recur the next spring. The observations are tantalizing but tentative signs that Mars could have conditions necessary to support life.

The damage left by Hurricane Maria has disabled running water for many in Puerto Rico. People are driving to mountain springs to fill empty soda bottles and heading to rivers to do their laundry.

A drought in its third year in parts of western Kansas is taxing the High Plains Aquifer. The aquifer is running low in places, forcing a move to dryland farming — that is, farming without irrigation.

The Supreme Court hears arguments about a challenge to the Clean Water Act. The case involves a developer who refuses to apply for a permit to build on wetland-designated property. He says the federal act should not apply to the land, which is 20 miles from Lake Huron.

A bill to build water storage reservoirs south of Lake Okeechobee was introduced in Florida’s legislature on Thursday, formalizing a controversial plan...