The bottled water industry can undermine progress of projects aimed at creating safe-water systems for all, by redirecting attention to a less reliable, less affordable option.
Articles on Water
Displaying 261 - 280 of 833 articles
Although it has been considerably less studied than other environmental problems, salinization presents major challenges for biodiversity in freshwater and coastal areas.
Aquifers are highly prevalent across Africa – but they’re not always going to be usable.
The first UN conference dedicated to water in nearly half a century is being held in New York.
Images of the 2011 tsunami did not look as I had expected, and pointed to the sublime, when experience exceeds our frameworks of understanding. My exhibit ‘Salients’ treats this theme.
The drinking water systems serving over 70 million people may not meet newly proposed water quality standards. It could cost hundreds of billions of dollars to fix that.
Astronomers have long known where water is first formed in the universe and how it ends up on planets, asteroids and comets. A recent discovery has finally answered what happens in between.
Technology will be a key part of solving the global water scarcity crisis.
In 2021, searchers recovered a meteorite that fell over the UK just hours earlier. Scientists have now reconstructed its story.
Water sharing arrangements have the potential to enhance water security, but they require strong communication and co-ordination between community leaders in addition to adequate financial support.
Changes in southern African rock art reflect the mixing of groups of people after they came into contact with each other.
Even after January’s storms, California faces a water-scarce future. An economist and an engineer propose a way to test higher water prices as a conservation strategy without hurting low-income users.
The work done by the campaign before, during and after the drought remains important for the food security of Cape Town
Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.
Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is set to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean – but the cause for concern is minimal.
Neuroactive compounds in antidepressants enter our wastewater and affect how fish function. Identifying the potential damage to fish is paramount for protecting our aquatic ecosystems.
Fifty years ago, the Salton Sea was a draw for boaters and fishermen; today it’s an ecological time bomb. Two water experts who served on a state review panel describe its proposed rescue plan.
If the situation doesn’t change, Africa – indeed, the world – may lose one of its most iconic animal species.
Unprecedented droughts leave the subsurface drier than usual, affecting water supply in subsequent years.
If you don’t consume enough water, you may experience symptoms of dehydration such as headaches, dizziness, tiredness, low concentration, constipation and a dry mouth.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
-
Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
-
Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
-
Senior lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
-
Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change, United Nations University; University of Calgary
-
Research Associate, Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London
-
Matthew Flinders Professor in Water Economics, Flinders University
-
Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
-
Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
-
Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
-
Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
-
Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, and Fellow of the Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University
-
Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
-
Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne