Water

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...

From the Pacific to Sicily: the relentless Mediterranean odyssey of the Asian seaweed

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Edoardo Piretto’s weathered hands have been scraping scales off fish since he was nine, in t...

Cheese Whey for Circular Groundwater Remediation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In early June, the Umbria region and ARPA Umbria, along with Ramboll Italy and the Grifo Agroalime...

Not just microplastics: mineral water may also contain PFAS

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘Mineral’ does not necessarily mean pure. In recent years, there has been much talk ab...

Drought: Here are the Global Hotspots. No Country is Safe

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “No country is immune to drought and we need to be prepared.” Daniel Tsegai, Program O...

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...

Salmon farming in Iceland: the environmental toll of a growing industry

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Once a symbol of toil and tradition, fishing is undergoing a profound transformation. Today, much ...

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

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 With the administration change at t...

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