WATER WORLD - INDO DAILY

How to take coastal rubble mound structures to the next level

Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)

The book enables professional readers to achieve what is normally regarded as a design of a professional level. In this Guide, readers are given step by step gu...

Erdogan pledges to ease Iraq's water shortage

Mar 21, 2023 (AFP)

Baghdad accuses Ankara of withholding water in dams that choke the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near their point of origin in Turkey. The issue has gained added ...

Dammed thirsty: the cross-border fight for water

Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)

Ahead of a UN conference in New York on global access to water, AFP looks at five mega-projects with very different consequences, depending on whether you live ...

From greens to browns: Burkina Faso's eco-friendly golf course

Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)

But in one intriguing aspect, the landlocked Sahel country is at the forefront: its sole golf club is a pioneer in bringing water conservation to this thirsties...

Paper plates and short showers: life with no water in Arizona

Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)

Until the water was cut off. The neighboring city of Scottsdale decided it could no longer afford to sell its dwindling supply from the Colorado River, as a dec...

'Floating toilets' help Cambodia's lake-dwelling poor

Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)

Her family of 12 is among 100,000 people living in floating houses on Cambodia's vast inland waterway, and while their village has 70 houses and a primary schoo...

UN holds rare conference on global water crisis

Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)

"It's the first time in 46 years that the world comes together on the issue of water," said Henk Ovink, water issues special envoy for the Netherlands, which is...

River deltas: Valuable and under threat

Mar 19, 2023 (SPX)

"It is often not rising seas, but sinking land due to human activities that puts coastal populations most at risk," said study lead author Rafael Schmitt, a lea...

Millions of dead fish clog Australian river

Mar 18, 2023 (AFP)

Videos posted to social media showed boats ploughing through a blanket of dead fish smothering the water, with the surface barely visible underneath. The New So...

NASA uses 30-Year record to track rising seas

Mar 17, 2023 (JPL)

Since satellites began observing sea surface height in 1993 with the U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon mission, the average global sea level has increased by 3.6 inche...

Half of bottled water sales enough to provide safe tap water to all: UN report

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

A shift in drinking habits away from bottled water would also lead to a big drop in plastics waste, as an estimated 85 percent of bottles end up in landfills, t...

New US standards to limit 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)

The move targets polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS that have been found to cause cancer and other health problems. Under the proposed ...

MSU research reveals how climate change threatens Asia's water tower

Mar 13, 2023 (SPX)

This region is also one of the areas most vulnerable to the compounding effects of climate change and human activities. Michigan State University researchers ar...

Shetland sanctuary fights to save seals as pollution takes toll

Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)

Pixie is one of hundreds of rescued seals, many of which were sick and emaciated from ingesting food and sea water contaminated by micro plastics and chemicals ...

Micronesia president accuses China of bribery, 'political warfare'

Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)

"Simply put, we are witnessing political warfare in our country," outgoing leader David Panuelo warned lawmakers, detailing allegations of Chinese espionage, co...

ALMA traces history of water in planet formation back to the interstellar medium

Mar 09, 2023 (SPX)

V883 Orionis is a protostar located roughly 1,305 light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion. The new observations of this protostar have helped scientis...

New treaty plots conservation course for high seas

Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)

More than a decade in the making, the first international treaty on the high seas aims to promote the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in...

UN states agree 'historic' deal to protect high seas

Mar 05, 2023 (AFP)

"The ship has reached the shore," conference chair Rena Lee announced at the UN headquarters in New York shortly before 9:30 pm (0230 GMT Sunday), to loud and l...

Ocean conference participants pledge $19 billion

Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)

The total included a $6 billion commitment from the United States, announced on Thursday by White House climate envoy John Kerry. Panamanian deputy foreign mini...

US, EU pledge billions in ocean aid at int'l conference

Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)

Political and business leaders, environmental activists and academics at the two-day conference are grappling with how best to address a multitude of threats fa...