Avainsana: water
Nautical not nice: how fibreglass boats have become a global pollution problem
The strength and durability of fibreglass transformed the boating industry and made it possible to mass produce small leisure craft (larger vessels like cruise ships…
Extreme droughts in central Europe likely to increase sevenfold
Extreme droughts are likely to become much more frequent across central Europe, and if global greenhouse gas emissions rise strongly they could happen seven times…
USDA invests $462M to modernize water and wastewater infrastructure
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $462 million to modernize critical drinking water and wastewater infrastructure across rural America. USDA is funding…
Researchers develop faster method to test for toxic metals in food and water
Researchers at the University of Johannesburg have developed a sensitive method to test for dangerous levels of heavy metals in some foods and water. The…
EPA announces $4.3M for tribes to reduce lead in drinking water in schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new grant program to help protect children in tribal communities from lead in drinking water at schools…
Unilever enhances global water stewardship efforts
Unilever has joined both the 2030 Water Resources Group and the Alliance for Water Stewardship, pledging to implement new projects and initiatives to improve water…
Azerbaijan villagers plead for water as vital river dries up
The village of Banka in Azerbaijan should have plentiful supplies of water as it lies beside one of the country’s mightiest rivers, the Kura. But…
Australia’s water market is excluding Indigenous people, study finds
Aboriginal people hold less than 1% of all water licences in Australia, a form of economic and cultural dispossession that needs urgent redress, according to…
Where is the water during a drought?
In low precipitation periods – where and how is the limited available water distributed and what possibilities are there for improving retention in the soil…
Warmer water, rainfall tied to king salmon decline, study suggests
The peer-reviewed study, which was published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology, modeled the relationship of nine different indicators, including stream temperatures and precipitation…
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