Tapping out: Kabul may be first modern city to run out of water; report warns of ‘unprecedented humanitarian disaster’
Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, warns a recent…
Survey opens on Newton Aycliffe incinerator’s hazardous waste plans
Fornax wants to operate a high-temperature thermal-treatment facility near Newton Aycliffe, and if a permit is approved, would…
Iran’s Daughters of the Sea
They have worked in defiance of Iran’s labor laws, which stipulate that “women shall not be employed to…
Earth has a new ocean ― Just discovered and almost frozen
First of all, a question: how many oceans are there in the world? If you answered four, you…
Norfolk leaders refuse to rule out recycling centre closures
Norfolk County Council needs to make £41.5m of further savings next year to balance the books and leaders…
How groundwater pumping is causing cities to sink at ‘worrying speed’
Twenty-two years ago, when Erna stood outside her house, “the windows were as high as my chest”. Now…
William to address Monaco forum in bid to help world’s oceans
“The Prince of Wales feels passionately about action being taken to protect and restore our oceans,” a Kensington…
Antarctic atmospheric rivers, supercharged by climate change, expected to double by 2100
Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, . Credit: Michelle Maclennan, BAS Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such…
Two men jailed over ‘industrial scale’ illegal dumping – The Irish News
Two men have been jailed at Derry Crown Court for their part in what a judge described as…
EPA seeks end to requirement that big polluters report emissions
LEOPOLD, Ind. (AP) — On the ceiling of Abbie Brockman’s middle school English classroom in Perry County, the…