Amazon River falls to lowest level in 121 years amid a severe drought
Reuters — Rivers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil fell to their lowest levels in over a century on Monday as a record drought upends the lives…
Gazans forced to drink dirty, salty water as the fuel needed to run water systems runs out
CNN — Mohammad Al Shanti is forced to travel nearly four miles to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza to fill up plastic bottles with water. It’s only enough for his…
Legionnaires’ disease: Polish authorities probe whether deadly outbreak was result of water tampering
CNN — Poland’s domestic security agency is investigating whether an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed seven people in the south of the country might be the result of intentional…
Nova Kakhovka dam: Flooding turns Odesa coastline into “garbage dump and animal cemetery” after dam collapse
CNN — Beaches in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa have been closed off after filthy waters from a collapsed dam washed downstream, posing a “genuine threat” to local residents.…
Myanmar junta suspends aid access to a million people in Rakhine state devastated by Cyclone Mocha
CNN — Myanmar’s ruling junta has suspended humanitarian access to western Rakhine state, where more than a million vulnerable people are in urgent need of aid a month after a…
Collapse of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam an ‘ecological catastrophe’
CNN — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has sparked fears of an ecological catastrophe, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky describing the situation as “an environmental…
Nova Kakhovka dam: Here are the key theories on what caused Ukraine’s catastrophic dam collapse
CNN — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest industrial and ecological disasters in Europe for decades. The catastrophe has destroyed entire…
Nova Kakhovka: Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘ecocide’ as critical dam near Kherson collapses sparking evacuations
CNN — A major dam and hydro-electric power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine suffered a collapse early Tuesday, prompting mass evacuations and fears for large-scale devastation as Ukraine accused Moscow’s…
Drought-stricken Spain is running dry, with disappearing lakes, dead crops and trucked-in water
Catalonia, Spain CNN — Standing in his field of stunted, withered maize, Santi Caudevilla is very worried. “If the weather does not change it will be zero. Nothing is going…
One-fifth of water pollution comes from textile dyes. But a new material inspired by shellfish could clean it up
CNN — Every year, the textile industry uses 1.3 trillion gallons of water to dye garments – enough to fill 2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. Most of this water, loaded…