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...
The US closes its climate disaster database and enters hurricane season unprepared
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Would you turn off your thermometer in the middle of a fever? That is what is happening in the Uni...
Wastewater Directive: the race for circular biorefineries is on
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The revision of the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (2024/3019) sets increasingly ambitiou...
Water as weapon: India's threat to the Indus Treaty signals a dangerous global turn
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano It took years of painstaking diplomacy, technical negotiation, and political compromise to broker ...
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...
India-Bangladesh dispute over the Teesta River. Menga: a crisis for international law
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Last February, Bangladesh saw protests over a long-standing dispute with India over the exploitati...
Climate-Biodiversity-Water Nexus: the protection of ecosystem services in South America
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent years, major and historical-record wildfires have devastated regions worldwide, includin...
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...
2025, Scientists sounds alarm over melting glaciers: interview with glaciologist Isabelle Gärtner-Roer
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Glaciers are powerful communicators, revealing much about what is happening on our planet. They wa...
PFAS: Trump blocks proposal to limit industrial wastewater
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PFAS in Europe: the cost of contamination and the obstructionism of lobby groups
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 If PFAS restrictions are not enforc...
Culligan C&I joins Grundfos: Grundfos Water Treatment Italy is born
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 Grundfos, a global leader in pumpin...
COP16 Desertification Saudi Arabia, UN negotiations close in Riyadh
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 The world will have to wait two mor...
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...
Culligan inaugurates its new Italian headquarters in Bologna
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 Tuesday 3 December, Culligan, th...
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...
COP16 Desertification, UNCCD and JRC publish World Drought Atlas
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 Record droughts are becoming t...
COP16 Desertification, the negotiations on soil protection are underway
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Approximately 15 million km² of land − an area larger than Antarctica − has alrea...