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The world’s largest dam will be built on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. Who will benefit and who will suffer?

The world’s largest dam will be built on the Ya...

Last Saturday, a colossal Chinese hydropower project began on the Tibetan Plateau, aiming to transform the renewable energy market. The world's largest dam will be constructed on the Yarlung Tsangpo...

The world’s largest dam will be built on the Ya...

Last Saturday, a colossal Chinese hydropower project began on the Tibetan Plateau, aiming to transform the renewable energy market. The world's largest dam will be constructed on the Yarlung Tsangpo...

What health risks lurk in public swimming pools?

What health risks lurk in public swimming pools?

Despite disinfection, water in swimming pools can still provide an environment conducive to the growth of dangerous microorganisms. In the UK, swimming pools have repeatedly been identified as sources of...

What health risks lurk in public swimming pools?

Despite disinfection, water in swimming pools can still provide an environment conducive to the growth of dangerous microorganisms. In the UK, swimming pools have repeatedly been identified as sources of...

Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scientists worried about what the city tells public

Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scie...

Urban water bodies – rivers, lakes and oceans – are in trouble globally. Large sewage volumes damage the open environment, and new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds don’t break down on...

Cape Town’s sewage treatment isn’t coping: scie...

Urban water bodies – rivers, lakes and oceans – are in trouble globally. Large sewage volumes damage the open environment, and new chemicals and pharmaceutical compounds don’t break down on...

Intense downpours over Catalonia in July. Is it normal?

Intense downpours over Catalonia in July. Is it...

On Saturday, northeastern Spain once again came under the influence of a cold drop, an intense weather phenomenon known as DANA. Violent downpours over Catalonia led to a transportation blockade...

Intense downpours over Catalonia in July. Is it...

On Saturday, northeastern Spain once again came under the influence of a cold drop, an intense weather phenomenon known as DANA. Violent downpours over Catalonia led to a transportation blockade...

Sewage spills and coastal winds may be sending airborne microplastics into cities

Sewage spills and coastal winds may be sending ...

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world's coastal towns and cities, a new study published in the journal ...

Sewage spills and coastal winds may be sending ...

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world's coastal towns and cities, a new study published in the journal ...

Record High-Intensity Heatwaves Sweep the Mediterranean Sea

Record High-Intensity Heatwaves Sweep the Medit...

June 2025 Marks Third Warmest June on Record Globally, Following 2023 and 2024. Record High-Intensity Marine Heatwaves Impact 62% of the Mediterranean Sea

Record High-Intensity Heatwaves Sweep the Medit...

June 2025 Marks Third Warmest June on Record Globally, Following 2023 and 2024. Record High-Intensity Marine Heatwaves Impact 62% of the Mediterranean Sea

Risk

New release research on safeguarding water storage assets from pathogen risks

New release research on safeguarding water storage assets from pathogen risks

Ensuring the safety of our drinking water is a critical a...

Mapped: The fingerprint of climate change in extreme weather events across the world

Mapped: The fingerprint of climate change in extreme weather events across the world

Over the past 20 years, 744 extreme weather events and tr...

Fresh water resources

Fresh water resources

Vulnerabilities Sweden Water quality Lakes dominate the...

Floods have become less deadly worldwide

Floods have become less deadly worldwide

Over the last five decades, floods have become less deadl...

Droughts, not floods, are the biggest challenge in the Alps

Droughts, not floods, are the biggest challenge in the Alps

Global warming will have much more impact on droughts tha...

Global trends in groundwater levels: good news and bad news

Global trends in groundwater levels: good news and bad news

Rapid groundwater decline has accelerated over the past f...

Extreme salt intrusion into European estuaries will become increasingly common this century

Extreme salt intrusion into European estuaries will become increasingly common this century

As a result of much lower river discharge in the summer, ...

How the hottest city in the US fights the heat

How the hottest city in the US fights the heat

Phoenix, the fifth largest city of the US and the nation’...

Twenty years after the deadly heat of 2003, Europe’s heat response is still ineffective

Twenty years after the deadly heat of 2003, Europe’s heat response is still ineffective

Since 2003, when heat caused 70,000 deaths, heat-related ...

Climate change is already having an impact on our incomes

Climate change is already having an impact on our incomes

Without global warming, global income between now and 205...

New perspectives on the global distribution of climate risk. The Netherlands stands out!

New perspectives on the global distribution of climate risk. The Netherlands stands out!

Due to transnational impacts, countries are far more vuln...

Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare

Hurricanes develop much faster now, giving residents less time to prepare

The number of tropical cyclones that intensify from a cat...

Less snow in the Alps will affect society in many ways

Less snow in the Alps will affect society in many ways

What would be considered a snow-sparse winter of today’s ...

Spain is accumulating a sum of 90 million euros from the European Union

Spain is accumulating a sum of 90 million euros from the European Union

As of now, there are a total of 427 municipalities that h...

SM.a.r.t Column: The Water Crisis Behind LA’s Fire Disaster: A Legacy of Outdated Infrastructure

SM.a.r.t Column: The Water Crisis Behind LA’s Fire Disaster: A Legacy of Outdated Infrastructure

A firefighter filling a trash can with pool water during ...