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The Global Rundown Small-scale hydropower projects in India’s Himalayas offer decentralized electricity to rural communities. A new survey suggests that millions of hectares can be restored in the Sahel to protect sub-Saharan Africa from encroaching deserts. Bolivia’s drought is made worse by population growth, inadequate infrastructure, and competition between water users, environmentalists say. The unrelenting […]
The Global Rundown Fewer tropical storms crossing over the Mekong River Basin due to climate change could actually harm the river’s delta, according to new research. A study of climate change effects in the Mediterranean region found that deserts in Spain and northern Africa will likely expand, even if warming is limited to 2 degrees […]
The Global Rundown The United Nations is asking for millions of dollars to address the urgent and disastrous conditions in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew. Floods similar in scale to those brought by Superstorm Sandy are set to occur much more frequently in the northeastern United States by the end of the century. International mining companies […]
The Global Rundown A government audit of environmental violations could force the suspension of more than a dozen mines in the Philippines. Indigenous protestors in Peru’s Amazon are blockading a river until the country’s new president and other government officials meet with them to discuss problems associated with oil development. Pakistan signaled that it would […]
The Global Rundown Farmers in Tunisia are protesting water shortages wrought by a drought and a neglected water management system. Severe drought conditions across Connecticut and other New England states have drawn down rivers and groundwater levels, forcing some communities to impose water restrictions or truck in supplies. Fighting in Aleppo, Syria cut water supplies […]
Backyard units need to adapt to changing environmental conditions. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Adapting sanitation systems to a fast-changing ecological reality is a challenge not only for big municipal institutions. According to new research, many septic systems — which are simple, backyard devices for addressing the ceaseless problem of toilet waste — are […]
The Global Rundown A sinkhole at a fertilizer plant in Florida sent radioactive material into a local aquifer over the weekend, and a gasoline pipeline spill in Alabama narrowly missed sensitive river habitat. The Netherlands resumed a funding project to install potable water access in Benin. Researchers will set off from England this week to […]
Urgency of climate change and environmental degradation requires novel mindset to protect water, forests, and oceans.
In shift from coal and oil, water use and quality hang in the balance.
Super bacteria, green pools, and even a murder mystery splashed across headlines about water conditions in the Olympic host city.
The Global Rundown Severe flooding prompted the U.S. government to declare a state of disaster in Louisiana on Sunday, the same day a federal state of emergency expired over lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan. Officials suspect water contamination in a New Zealand town is responsible for an illness that sickened thousands of people. Lesotho is […]
The Global Rundown A national review of mines in the Philippines led to the suspension of operations at nearly a dozen locations due to environmental concerns. It will take more than $6 billion to reach pollution reduction targets meant to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, according to an Australian taskforce. Air strikes […]
