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France health watchdog seeks clampdown at Nestle water sites
Apr 04, 2024 (AFP)
The recommendation, made to the health ministry last year, comes on top of an investigation by prosecutors into allegations that Nestle used illegal treatment t...
Financial crisis at UK's biggest water supplier worsens
Mar 28, 2024 (AFP)
Britain's biggest water supplier said in a statement that GBP 500 million ($630-million) of new equity will "not be provided by Thames Water's shareholders" thi...
China ships Tibetan glacier water to climate-threatened Maldives
Mar 28, 2024 (AFP)
The Indian Ocean nation of 1,192 tiny coral islands is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with salt levels seeping into the land and corrupting potable wa...
Historical analysis of Antarctic current reveals climate change impact and future risks
Mar 28, 2024 (SPX)
The research, published in Nature, underscores the ACC's pivotal role in climate regulation, emphasized by Gisela Winckler, a geochemist at Columbia University'...
England hit by more than 400,000 sewage spills in 2023: report
Mar 27, 2024 (AFP)
The Environment Agency said there were 464,056 reported sewage spills in 2023 -- up 54 percent from 301,091 the previous year and the highest since current data...
Vast Vienna wastewater heat pumps showcase EU climate drive
Mar 27, 2024 (AFP)
The plant -- billed as Europe's most powerful one -- is churning out district heat to up to 56,000 Vienna households, with operator Wien Energie planning to dou...
NASA Develops New Software to Optimize Freshwater Observation Missions
Mar 27, 2024 (SPX)
The complexity of Earth's freshwater systems, encompassing snow, soil moisture, vegetation, surface water, and groundwater, requires sophisticated observation t...
Landmark Australia, Tuvalu climate and security pact to go ahead
Mar 27, 2024 (AFP)
The 11-page treaty was tabled to the Australian parliament late Tuesday -- offering Tuvalu residents the right to live in Australia if their homeland is lost to...
China offers economic support after Nauru cuts Taiwan ties
Mar 25, 2024 (AFP)
Nauru's President David Adeang met with Xi in Beijing on Monday as part of his first state visit to China since the decision in January. China will "provide ass...
13 Indonesian soldiers held over alleged torture of Papuan
Mar 25, 2024 (AFP)
The graphic footage that circulated on Indonesian social media in recent days, showed several people assaulting a man in the eastern region, with his hands tied...
Sprinklers and drip irrigation help Iraqis beat drought
Mar 24, 2024 (AFP)
He is among hundreds of farmers in the country battered by heatwaves, scarce rain and depleted rivers to benefit from new water management systems brought by th...
Gale Crater's Extended Hydration Challenges Mars Timeline
Mar 22, 2024 (SPX)
The research focuses on the Gale crater, a 154 km-wide depression near Mars' equator, which once contained a lake. The team's investigation reveals that this ar...
Russian strikes badly damage Ukraine's largest hydro plant
Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)
Moscow launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy facilities overnight, one of the largest aerial attacks of the two-year war. The Dnipro Hyd...
UN warns against thirsty tech to solve water crisis
Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)
Roughly half of the planet's population is facing grave water shortages, with climate change-linked droughts affecting more than 1.4 billion people between 2002...
New Satellite Technology Maps Coastal Depths with Enhanced Precision
Mar 22, 2024 (SPX)
Traditional methods of measuring sea depth, crucial for safe navigation and marine resource exploitation, have been hindered by various logistical hurdles. The ...
Philippine Coast Guard accuses Chinese vessel of trying to block scientists
Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)
The incident happened Thursday near Sandy Cay reef, several kilometres from the Philippine-held Thitu island in the contested Spratly Islands, where the two cou...
USU Scientists Pioneer Hydro-GAN to Improve Satellite Water Data Analysis
Mar 22, 2024 (SPX)
Pouya Hosseinzadeh, a doctoral student at USU, emphasized the necessity of high-quality data for managing water resources, highlighting the difficulties faced w...
Nauru president to visit China after cutting ties with Taiwan
Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)
"At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Nauru David Adeang will pay a state visit to China from March 24 to 29," foreign minist...
UN urges more water cooperation to build peace
Mar 22, 2024 (AFP)
The UN stressed that with climate change and rising water scarcity worldwide, cross-border water cooperation was increasingly crucial for regional stability and...
El Nino's Role in the Accelerated Global Sea Level Rise of 2023
Mar 22, 2024 (SPX)
This surge, equating to transferring a quarter of Lake Superior's volume into the world's oceans in just one year, is underscored by over three decades of satel...
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