Melting Everest Reveals Asian Water Supply on Slippery Slope
Fifty-six years after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first ascended, modern climbers feel affects of global warming.
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Melting Ice Blurs Borders and Freezes Relations
Borders in this part of Europe haven’t changed since 1861. But as temperatures rise and glaciers melt, Switzerland and Italy are working to redraw their shared frontier in the Alps to account for the changing topography of the mountain, The Independent reports. Experts from both countries will sit down to decide on possible borderline shifts […]
NASA sends rubber ducks down melting Titanic glacier
WASHINGTON – The Greenland glacier possibly responsible for sinking the Titanic keeps shrinking. In order to determine why some days are worse than others, NASA scientists are sending out a rubber ducky brigade. Scientist Alex Behar told Reuters, “The common yellow plastic bath toys are one part of a sophisticated experiment to determine why glaciers […]
The Stream, October 18, 2023: Amazon River at Lowest Level in More Than a Century
As Brazil’s drought continues, the Amazon River has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1902.
The Stream, May 3, 2023: Native Hawai’i Farmers Advocate For Land Back While Restoring Historic Water Systems
On Maui, where colonial and commercial parties stole land and water decades ago, Native Hawai’ian farmers are working to restore ancient water systems while litigating for reparations.
The Stream, April 5, 2023: Vanuatu Takes World’s Climate Inaction to International Court
Vanuatu, vulnerable to the effects of climate change and global warming, brings the question of other governments’ climate inaction to the world’s highest court.
The Stream, January 11, 2023: Proposed Hydropower Project Threatens Sacred Yakama Nation Food-Gathering Lands
In south-central Washington state, a pumped-water storage project threatens a First Foods gathering area, a sacred place for the Yakama Nation.
New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture
SWOT mission aims to fill global gaps in key water data.
The Stream, December 16, 2021: “Climate Whiplash” Hits Australia
In Australia, many of the same areas that endured brutal bushfires in 2019 and 2020 are now drowning in record-setting rainfall.
HotSpots H2O: Rapidly Disappearing Tuni Glacier Raises Concerns for Bolivian Water Scarcity
The Tuni glacier, a formerly vast piece of ice that rises over the Bolivian capital of La Paz as a critical water source, is disappearing faster than predicted.
The Stream, September 10, 2020: Mexico is Restoring the Ancient Lake Texcoco
The Global Rundown A Mexico City airport is being transformed into a giant park. Delhi city officials are including a plan for sustainable urban planning in a master plan for the city’s next two decades. Around 13 percent of premature deaths in the EU are caused by environmental factors, according to a new report. A […]
