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The Global Rundown Meteorologists warn that 2020 is on course to be the globe’s hottest year on record. A Venezuelan plan to allow gold and diamond mining along six Amazon rivers draws criticism. Tumbling water levels in Argentina’s Parana River costs the country’s grain sector nearly $250 million. A German meteorologist warns that the country […]
The World Food Programme and other aid organizations warn that the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic reverberations could cause a substantial spike in global food insecurity.
When it comes to water, who is insecure?
The Global Rundown The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency warns that toxic PFAS chemicals used at the Scott Air Force Base may have leached into local water supplies. Desalination researchers search for ways to make the costly technology more efficient. As floods continue to affect the United Kingdom, experts warn that the country’s flood defence plans […]
The Global Rundown Sydney, Australia, plans to ease water restrictions next month after torrential rainfall boosted the city’s reservoir levels. Drought leaves a quarter of Lesotho’s population hungry. Wisconsin lawmakers prepare to vote on a $10 million plan to improve water quality issues in the state. Residents of Brega Valley, Australia, are forced to rely […]
Violence is on the rise in Africa’s Sahel region, aggravating existing water and sanitation struggles in countries where previous rounds of fighting cut access to water sources.
This is Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue. And this is What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you. In Zimbabwe, residents continue to reel from a terrible drought. Inadequate rainfall in the southern African country has resulted in poor harvests in four […]
For the first time in the history of the Global Risks Report, respondents ranked environmental factors as the top five risks that are most likely to occur.
The Global Rundown Per capita water use in Austin, Texas, falls to the lowest level in more than 20 years. Authorities in Tamborine Mountain, Queensland, tell owners of unapproved bores to stop distributing water to the community. November flood damages to St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, amount to $5.5 million. Radioactive water from Japan’s […]
The Global Rundown The United States ranks among the top 10 countries for pollution-related death according to a report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution. Saudi Arabia gives $140 million in loans to Ethiopia, some of which will go toward improving Ethiopia’s water supply. A new study warns that lithium from the batteries […]
The Global Rundown A U.S. federal court rules that the government is liable for reservoir flooding in Houston, Texas, that occurred during Hurricane Harvey. Australia experiences its hottest day on record. A coalition representing millions of Americans sues the U.S. EPA over outdated slaughterhouse pollution standards, which are jeopardizing waterways. Two men facing criminal charges […]
