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Iran’s leaders could use the peace dividend to invest in fixing its severe environmental problems.
A new continent-wide map is helping identify where Africa’s groundwater can support drinking water and irrigation. Monitoring boreholes tracks aquifer health.
The answers to what needs to be done to solve the chronic water crisis in South Africa’s towns and cities have been known for some time.
Shortages of water and power as well as rising air pollution in Iran are at the centre of why citizens are telling their government they want change.
Iran is suffering huge water shortages. Expert believe there are changes that could help.
In South Africa’s Eastern Cape, water equipment needs replacement. Water payments should be kept aside to improve the service.
Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir to funnel in more water, but hundreds of homes stand in the way.
Water is being trucked into the Adelaide Hills and surrounds to fill empty rainwater tanks and dams. Is there a better way to cope with future water shortages?
Immigration isn’t the only hot-button issue along the US-Mexico border. There’s also a growing water shortage that’s affecting farmers, businesses and cities on both sides.
Cities across the normally wet Northeast scrambled to reduce water use amid a 2024 drought. It was a reminder that drought isn’t a problem only in the West.
Opposition to bottled water has primarily focused on blocking plants and increasing access to tap water. The closure of Ontario’s largest bottled water plant shows that these efforts can succeed.
The water dashboard from Gauteng will help residents understand just how bad things are.
Jordanians now only have access to publicly distributed water a day and a half a week – prompting many to turn to illegal markets.
Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into an unsustainable monoculture.
Global semiconductor manufacturing is already under geopolitical stress, but climate change ups the ante.
Water can make you ill for two reasons: it can contain toxic chemicals or pathogenic organisms.
A new study reveals that from 2050, Africa will suffer from food and water scarcity, and a massive loss of jobs in agriculture, unless climate change mitigation measures are put in place now.
Rapid and accelerating groundwater level declines are widespread in dry climates where groundwater is used for irrigation. But some communities have found ways to turn things around.
Water shortages are one of the greatest problems created by a warming world. A decentralized water system is a compelling counterargument to the notion that bigger is better.
Top contributors
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Executive Co-Director, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Law, Texas A&M University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Deputy Director of the United Nations Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Senior research scientist, Stellenbosch University
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University
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Associate Professor of Water Resources, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Former Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Professor of Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology, University of Calgary
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Associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and interim Director of the Future Water research institute at the University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
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SA Research Chair in Climate Change, University of Cape Town