Not so terribly long ago the International Energy Agency issued one of the early century’s most optimistic projections for the environment, human health, and water quality. It declared 2013 the year ...

What may occur on the Klamath River by year’s end is a microcosm of the nation’s disturbing about-face on its ...

Ethiopia announced the completion of a new hydropower dam on the Nile River, a project Egypt has called an “existential threat” to its own water supply. ● Extreme heat in France and Switzerland has ...

A new report identifies global drought hotspots since 2023 and outlines vulnerabilities, impacts, causes, and response strategies. Some 60,000 residents in northeastern France are under a tap water ...

Each year it is expected, and yet the shock is fresh when waters cascade from Mendenhall Lake toward homes. Residents were taken by surprise again when the Mendenhall River overtopped last August and ...

To address global chemical pollution of water, air, and soils, the United Nations has announced the formation of a new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel. A new study identifies naturally ...

The second tropical cyclone to hit southern China this month continues to drop heavy rain while also damaging cropland, public infrastructure, and homes. The fate of the Salween River, a target for ...

“The existential threat that we’re facing is not one or two degrees of climate change in 2100, because we’ll solve all that. And we’ll solve all that in the next decade or two by the innovation that ...

ICIMOD researchers expect a monsoon season of “intensifying risks” for India, Pakistan, Nepal, and the Tibetan plateau. That means a higher likelihood of extreme heat, heavy rain, landslides, floods, ...

White House recession package would reduce already approved USAID funding for water, sanitation, and hygiene. Commerce Department agency opens applications for $1.4 billion in post-disaster economic ...

The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...