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Archipelago 3 weeks ago

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Flash floods, hot weather trigger clean water crisis in Padang

Reduced water supplies from upstream areas trigger a drastic decline in groundwater level, causing residents’ shallow wells to no longer produce water.”

Academia 4 months ago

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Stop funding disasters, start financing resilience

Every dollar spent on disaster preparedness multiplies in value by reducing future losses and safeguarding development gains.

Academia 10 months ago

Crisis deepens: 2024 broke all the wrong records

From the North Pole to the South Pole, the oceans and our land masses, alarm bells are ringing ever louder for Earth’s vital signs.

Environment 1 year ago

'Dangerous new era': Climate change spurs disaster in 2024

This year is the hottest in history, with record-breaking temperatures in the atmosphere and oceans acting like fuel for extreme weather around the world.

Environment 1 year ago

World falls short of drought deal at Saudi-hosted talks

The Riyadh talks came after the partial failure of biodiversity talks in Colombia, the failure to reach a UN deal on plastics pollution in South Korea, and a climate finance deal that disappointed developing nations at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Archipelago 1 year ago

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Thousands hit by drought in West Nusa Tenggara

At least 15,600 people have been hit by a water crisis in West Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara regency, amid a severe drought in the area, prompting local authorities to distribute clean water to affected communities.

Americas 1 year ago

The long walk for water in the parched Colombian Amazon

Bearing six-liter bottles of water on their shoulders, members of Colombia's Indigenous Yagua community tramp along the dried-up riverbed of a branch of the mighty Amazon.

Europe 1 year ago

UN warns world's water cycle becoming ever more erratic

Increasingly intense floods and droughts are a "distress signal" of what is to come as climate change makes the planet's water cycle ever more unpredictable, the United Nations warned Monday.

Europe 1 year ago

Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites

With lake levels down by 30 percent in recent months according to state water operator EYDAP, the ruins of a school and houses have reappeared.

Americas 1 year ago

Thousands of fish dead as lake dries in Mexican drought

The Bustillos lagoon was below 50 percent of its normal water level, local authorities said Wednesday, meaning pollutants were more concentrated and hazardous to the species that inhabit it.