Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. and Northwestern University in the U.S.
Environment
Aug 24, 2020
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China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal. A team of international scientists led by Stony Brook University's Gang He, Ph.D., contend that China needs to transition away from coal to help the world achieve ...
Environment
Aug 21, 2020
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Salvage crews on Thursday began the process of sinking the broken stem of a Japanese-owned ship which ran aground off Mauritius, leading to a major oil spill and ecological disaster for the Indian Ocean island.
Environment
Aug 20, 2020
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The threat that a massive chunk of glacier loosened by soaring temperatures could collapse near an alpine resort on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc mountain range has slightly eased, a local mayor said Saturday.
Environment
Aug 8, 2020
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The first beavers to be introduced into the wild in England for 400 years were on Thursday given permission to stay, in what campaigners hailed as a landmark move.
Ecology
Aug 6, 2020
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As a predominantly arid country, South Africa faces the enormous challenge of managing existing resources sustainably. In addition to the scarce water resources, South Africa also faces energy shortages within a system that ...
Environment
Aug 4, 2020
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How can some of world's biggest problems—climate change, food security and land degradation—be tackled simultaneously?
Environment
Jul 7, 2020
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Water security is becoming an urgent global challenge. Hundreds of millions of people already live in water-scarce regions, and the UN projects that by 2030 about half the world's population will be living in highly water-stressed ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2020
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Central Asia belongs to arid and semi-arid region. Water resource is the most critical natural factor affecting the region.
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2020
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Faced with worsening water security across the globe, companies and investors are increasingly concerned about the water risks faced by their operations, supply chains and investments—and looking for tools to help to assess ...
Environment
May 18, 2020
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