The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s administration, two state governments and mining company Samarco reached an agreement that covers the cost of cleaning up the Doce River basin, which was contaminated by a massive tailings dam spill last November. The settlement calls for the creation of a 20-billion-reais ($5.08-billion) fund …
The report is based on a large body of independent scientific research in impacted areas in the Fukushima region, as well as investigations by Greenpeace radiation specialists over the past five years. It exposes deeply flawed assumptions by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Abe government in terms of …
As water scarcity in both China and India worsens, the competition over shared water resources in their transboundary rivers, particularly the Brahmaputra River, is set to intensify. Without an effective working mechanism between the two countries, water conflicts could potentially become a serious challenge to Sino-Indian relations. Nonetheless, the water …
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) have released a summary report, titled 'The Arctic Freshwater System in a Changing Climate,' which outlines the effects of the changing Arctic atmosphere on the …
Ruptures in Peru’s main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude into the Amazon region, polluting two rivers that native villages rely on for water. National environmental regulator OEFA said the oil from the broken pipeline has poured into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwestern Peru. Edwin Montenegro, …
Ruptures in Peru's main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude in an Amazonian region, operator Petroperu said Monday, and the oil has polluted two rivers native villages rely on for water, according to government officials. Two breaks in the pipeline have halted transportation of 5,000 to 6,000 barrels …
Europe’s ecosystems face increasing pressure to stay healthy amid rising pollution, overexploitation, urban sprawl and the effects of climate change. These are the findings of a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published which takes stock of the condition of Europe’s ecosystems. The EEA report ‘Mapping and assessing the condition of …
USGS scientists have detected toxins known as microcystins produced by various forms of algae in 39 percent of the small streams assessed throughout the southeastern United States. Their recent study looked at 75 streams in portions of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. “This is the first systematic …
Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivia’s second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain. Lake Poopó was officially declared evaporated in December. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their livelihoods …
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) will clean River Thange in Kibwezi East Constituency where one of its punctured pipes spilled oil into the environment. The company's Business Development Manager Mr John Kithete who addressed locals at Thange Primary School yesterday said the clean up will start next month. The oil spillage …
Khaung Tong Creek was a 1.5-metre-deep, pristine creek some 10 years ago, but these days this important tributary of Kachin State’s famed Indawgyi Lake is just a little stream some 10 centimetres (3.9 inches) deep, filled with red-brownish mud. A local resident forages for plants along the shore of Indawgyi …
LUCKNOW: Union water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday announced projects worth Rs 78 crore to cover upgrading of STP (sewage treatment plant) and diversion of drainage at Anupshahr in Bulandshahr district. Bharti was at Anupshahr as part of her inspection of prominent ghats and …
The Earth's lakes may take a devastating hit from climate change, researchers report in a new study. Rapidly warming waters in freshwater bodies, including several Great Lakes and many reservoirs, trigger harmful algae blooms that ultimately threaten freshwater supplies for local ecosystems. Californian sea lions exposed to lethal doses of …
Europe's oldest lake is under threat from Mediterranean style-resorts and man-made sandy beaches, marine biologists have warned. Known as Europe’s Galapagos, Lake Ohrid in Macedonia is a Unesco Word Heritage Site and home to 350 species found nowhere else in the world. The lake's fragile eco-system has been protected from …
The world's lakes are rapidly warming, thanks to climate change. Scientists have taken a closer look at temperatures and found that the warmer weather is threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems. This latest study is the largest of its kind, and is the first to use a combination of satellite temperature …
Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, new data has revealed. A new Nasa and National Science Foundation-funded study looked at lakes totalling more than half of the world's freshwater supply. Using more than 25 years of satellite temperature data and ground measurements …
Khartoum — The Minister of Minerals for Sudan, Ahmed El Sadeg El Karori, has acknowledged that Lake Nasser is heavily polluted. On Monday, he told Parliament that laboratory results proved that the lake, locally known as the Nubia Lake, is polluted with mercury, lead, and arsenic. El Karori pointed to …
Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, new data has revealed. A new Nasa and National Science Foundation-funded study looked at lakes totalling more than half of the world's freshwater supply. Using more than 25 years of satellite temperature data and ground measurements …
WUHAN - The water quality of the Yangtze River has been improving, with more than 90 percent of the river now meeting the national standard for clean water, the Yangtze River commission said on Tuesday. Of all rivers in the Yangtze River drainage area, sections meeting the standard of clean …
Illegal levels of arsenic and mercury polluted the Rio Doce river in the days after a dam burst at an iron ore mine in early November in Brazil's worst-ever environmental disaster, according to tests by a state water agency. The Institute for Water Management in Minas Gerais (IGAM), found arsenic …
