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Not so terribly long ago the International Energy Agency issued one of the early century’s most optimistic projections for the environment, human health, and water quality. It declared 2013 the year ...
Ethiopia announced the completion of a new hydropower dam on the Nile River, a project Egypt has called an “existential threat” to its own water supply. ● Extreme heat in France and Switzerland has ...
Swimming past the California-Oregon border, a lost fish — one of thousands — finds its way home after an exile of over 100 years. As swarms of salmon migrate north to Oregon along the Klamath River, ...
President Trump’s budget bill targets a few water projects while eliminating some climate and environment programs. Agencies move to constrain environmental reviews under NEPA. EPA says it will loosen ...
A new report identifies global drought hotspots since 2023 and outlines vulnerabilities, impacts, causes, and response strategies. Some 60,000 residents in northeastern France are under a tap water ...
To address global chemical pollution of water, air, and soils, the United Nations has announced the formation of a new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel. A new study identifies naturally ...
The second tropical cyclone to hit southern China this month continues to drop heavy rain while also damaging cropland, public infrastructure, and homes. The fate of the Salween River, a target for ...
This story was originally published by the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center. Sean Fagan, a fellow with the University of Alaska Southeast and the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, ...
ICIMOD researchers expect a monsoon season of “intensifying risks” for India, Pakistan, Nepal, and the Tibetan plateau. That means a higher likelihood of extreme heat, heavy rain, landslides, floods, ...
TRANSCRIPT Brett Walton: Welcome to Speaking of Water. I’m Brett Walton, a reporter for Circle of Blue. Today we have a special double feature, not one guest, but two. I’m joined by John Matthews and ...
The nonprofit Conservation Fund acquired nearly 8,000 acres of land near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, protecting the ecosystem against a proposed titanium mine. A decade after the U.S. EPA updated its ...