Lebanon’s worst drought on record drains largest reservoir
Reuters Water levels at Lebanon’s largest reservoir on the Litani River have fallen to historic lows amid what experts describe as the country’s worst drought on record, threatening agriculture, electricity […]
Four areas of England now in drought as heat threatens wildlife and crops
The Guardian Four areas of England are now in drought as the East and West Midlands have joined Yorkshire and the north-west. Continuing hot and dry weather was a hazard […]
Humans Are Wiping Out Water Bodies That Life Depends On, New Report Says
Inside Climate News The report, released Tuesday by the secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, says that since 1970 more than one-fifth of wetlands have been lost, meaning they have […]
World risks up to $39 trillion in economic losses from vanishing wetlands, report says
Reuters The global destruction of wetlands, which support fisheries, agriculture and flood control, may mean the loss of $39 trillion in economic benefits by 2050, according to a report by […]
First Came the Wildfires then the Floods, and the Water Crises
Mother Jones After the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burned more than 340,000 acres in northern New Mexico, summer rains brought another wave of challenges: flash floods, infrastructure damage, and long-term […]
Chicago Was Supposed to Warn Residents About Toxic Lead Pipes. It’s Barely Started
Inside Climate News Beatriz Salazar was sifting through her usual pile of mail this spring when an envelope from the city of Chicago caught her eye. Inside, she found a […]
Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior
The Conversation – United Kingdom Flash floods like the one that swept down the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 4, 2025, can be highly unpredictable. While there are sophisticated […]
Flint Finishes Replacing 11,000 Lead Pipes, Concluding Activists’ Decade-Long Effort to Secure Clean Water
Good News Network If there were one place in America where you’d decline a glass of tap water it would be Flint, right? Wrong. A decade after lead-contaminated water was […]
‘We have to think bigger’: Majority of UNESCO World Heritage sites face severe water risk
EuroNews Nearly 73 per cent of World Heritage sites are at high risk of water-related hazards, according to analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and UNESCO. From the Taj […]
Aquifer system faces decline in multiple regions, study shows
Phys.org Groundwater is declining across Eastern Washington’s complex, interconnected aquifer system, as people draw on it for irrigation, drinking and other uses at a pace that threatens its sustainability, according […]