Water as a target in the Iran war
This article is part of the thematic channel The Water Observer: subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The recent wave of strikes in the Third Gulf War ...
Molecular Architecture Wins Chemistry Nobel 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors a scientific breakthrough that could reshape how humanity interacts with its environment. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have been awarded fo...
Water: 1 in 4 without safe access. Arrojo-Agudo: the real figure is double that
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Fifteen years after the historic UN resolution that established access to safe drinking water and ...
Flood risk prevention, Günter Bloschl: “Statistics are useful but not sufficient”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in iitaliano On 27 August, during the 2025 edition of World Water Week, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden awarded...
Africa, over 10 billion pledged for water at AIP Water Investment Summit 2025
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Seven years after coming close to “Day Zero”, when Cape Town risked running out of wat...
Water Resilience Strategy EU: grand promises, no obligations
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Bruxelles - A 10% water efficiency target by 2030, but it’s not binding. No new legisla...
Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Tehran is sinking, and with it, much of Iran. This is a plain fact, not a metaphor for the country...
Aquatech 2025, Hardeman: “The scale of water challenges is underestimated”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Amsterdam – In early March, water and technology took centre stage as Aquatech 2025 transfor...
Every last drop: zero-waste water builds water resilience
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The 34 dairy cows chewing the cud on a floating platform in the port of Rotterdam probably aren&rs...
Going with the flow: water becomes economic and biodiversity driver in Europe
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On the plains of Crau in southern France, EU-funded researchers are pioneering a new approach to w...
Water is no longer business as usual
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano We have entered an era of fierce global competition. To access energy. To access raw materials. To...
PFAS, European water is becoming increasingly polluted: the data from the first EEA briefing
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On 9 December 2024, just a few week...
World Soil Day, the “indissoluble” link with water
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water In the last years, on 5 December, W...
Startup, CrioPura: water purification with macroporous polymeric hydrogels
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano CrioPura is a project created by a team of researchers at the Italian CNR (National Research Counc...
An inconvenient Mediterranean truth: Rising tides and sinking futures
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The word “Mediterranean” evokes images of idyllic sun-soaked beaches and waters of var...
Europe is not protecting its waters: the European Environment Agency report
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water Water and climate are closely inter...
Water, lack of global cooperation undermines water resilience
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water While droughts and floods alternate...
Greek government announces €5.9 billion plan to address water crisis
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On September 11, the Greek governme...
Water Integrity Global Outlook, corruption hinders right to water
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On 11 September 2024, the internati...
Water and sanitation (WASH), there is more to it than climate
This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water According to the World Health Organ...