Selected Articles

Women and girls bearing brunt of water shortages globally, UN warns - Guardian 19.03.26 511272
UN Warns ‘Era of Global Water Bankruptcy’ Is Here—But It’s Not Too Late to Act - CD 21.01.26 506368
Report: AQUASTAT water data snapshot 2025 - FAO 15.12.25 502634
Extreme global water shortages may occur by 2100 - Asia Research 24.09.25 493968
Trump EPA Seeks to Reverse Rules Protecting Drinking Water From Carcinogenic ‘Forever Chemicals’ - CD 12.09.25 487295
We Can Remove Toxic Forever Chemicals From Drinking Water. Why Aren’t We? - Mother Jones 08.09.25 486547
Saltwater Could Contaminate 75% of Coastal Freshwater by 2100 - Gizmodo 15.12.24 446334
NASA Satellites Show Major Drop in Global Freshwater Since 2014 - EcoWatch 19.11.24 441460
4 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds - EcoWatch 19.08.24 429543
Safe drinking water is a right, not a luxury. Here's how to ensure no one goes thirsty - WF 12.07.24 423551
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands - Conversation 13.05.24 420910
How an ancient water tunnel design is cooling 21st-century streets - Al Jazeera 28.04.24 416198
India’s Bengaluru fast running out of water – and it’s not summer yet - Al Jazeera 22.03.24 404996
Global water crisis looms yet only one in four of the biggest food and agriculture corporations say they’re reducing water use and pollution - OXFAM 21.03.24 408680
Major Corporations Making the World Water Crisis Worse - CD 21.03.24 403530
Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates - ICN 24.01.24 395926
This expert on water scarcity would never call herself a 'genius.' But MacArthur would - NPR 04.10.23 375830
Video: U.S. Aquifers Are Running Dry, Posing Major Threat to Drinking Water Supply - DN! 31.08.23 370393
We Reviewed More Than 150 Papers on Water Management. Here’s What We Learned - UCS 23.08.23 373220
Climate Change and Water Security - OXFAM 08/23 408679
We Pump So Much Groundwater, We've Shifted The World's Tilt and Contributed to Sea Level Rise - Gizmodo 27.06.23 356395
Where are the world’s water stresses? - AlterNet 11.06.23 351636
More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds - Reuters 19.05.23 346957
'Unsustainable Consumption' by the Rich Is Driving Urban Water Crises: Study - CD 11.04.23 341678
Video: Addressing Global Water Challenges for Sustainable Development: UN Water Conference Side Event - NuclearAgePeace 11.04.23 344686
Video: U.N. Warns of Water Wars as 2 Billion People Lack Clean Water with Africa and Middle East Hardest Hit - DN! 27.03.23 337984
Water crises due to climate change: more severe than previously thought - Tu Wien 02.02.23 330873
Desalination could give the Middle East water without damaging marine life – but it must be managed carefully - Conversation 18.01.23 325896
Water scarcity on agenda as Cop27 climate talks enter second week - Guardian 14.11.22 315432
Podcast: Wars over water in the Middle East - Al Jazeera 10.11.22 315208
Water security threats poorly understood - The Ecologist 08.11.22 315828
Climate Change is Affecting Drinking Water Quality - Sonnenseite 12.09.22 305238
Water scarcity: Commission advises on safe water reuse in agriculture - Sonnen Seite 23.08.22 302698
Germany needs a water emergency plan - Sonnes Seite 30.07.22 302374
Planetary boundaries update: freshwater boundary exceeds safe limits - POTSDAM 26.04.22 285836
NASA Finds New Way to Monitor Underground Water Loss - ENN 05.04.22 281674
Water Scarcity in Africa to Reach Dangerously High Levels by 2025 - Global Issues 23.03.22 279816
Groundwater — not ice sheets — is the largest source of water on land and most of it is ancient - Conversation 19.01.22 270701
The year ahead for water: Extreme decentralization, digital and hydration - GreenBiz 12.01.22 269323
Protests in Pakistan erupt against China’s belt and road plan - Guardian 20.08.21 253243
Global water crisis will intensify with climate breakdown, says report - Guardian 17.08.21 252939
Our children face wars over food and water, EU deputy warns - Guardian 30.04.21 242765
Over 3 Billion People Are “At Risk of Disease” Because the Water Quality of Their Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater Is Unknown… - Human Wrongs Watch 21.03.21 239120
Billions without clean water and sanitation a ‘moral failure’ - UN 18.03.21 239080
Making Seawater Potable in Mexico Has High Costs and Environmental Impacts - Human Wrongs Watch 31.01.21 233816
Life-saving drinking water disinfectants have a 'dark side' - Eco Watch 16.01.21 233023
Five Things to Know about Desalination - Human Rights Watch 11.01.21 231618
It can't be emphasised enough: with about 1.7% of GWP linked to Higher Education the sector must lead in addressing every SDG - duncan3ross on Twitter 09.01.21 231343
New freshwater database tells water quality story for 12K lakes globally - ENN 05.10.20 218497
Water security in Jordan is crucial to maintaining stability in the country - Global Issues 01.10.20 218074
Germany's groundwater wells are running dry amid climate crisis - Ecowatch 27.08.20 214931
Groundwater sustainability is needed more than ever - EcoWatch 31.07.20 213195
Monitoring groundwater changes more precisely - ENN 15.07.20 212470
Signs of drought in European groundwater - ENN 27.06.20 211439
Why long-term environmental observations are crucial for New Zealand’s water security challenges - The Conversation 24.06.20 210823
Multifunctional porous carbon fibers show significant promise in capacitive desalination - Virginia Tech 05.05.20 206785
Is a solar desalination breakthrough coming to the desert? - GreenBiz 01.04.20 203411
India water crisis flagged up in global report - BBC 6.08.19 188128
The growing global challenge of water scarcity - Gulf News 10.08.19 188129
‘Clear Human Fingerprints‘ Found by NASA Study of Increasingly Dire Global Water Shortages - Common Dreams 16.05.18 80407
Major shifts in global freshwater - Science Daily 16.05.18 80408
South Africa: How Cape Town beat the drought - Financial Times 02.05.18 80409
A hard rain’s gonna fall - Stockholm Resilience Centre 14.03.18 80410
What It’s Like to Live in a City Without Water - Bloomberg 13.02.18 80411
Day Zero How Cape Town is running out of water - Guardian 02/18 80412
Cape Town could be the first major city in the world to run out of water - PRI 18.01.18 80413
As environmentalists warn about water scarcity, these two companies are saving water and money - PRI 11.01.18 80414
Plastic in drinking water: what are the risks to human health? - The Conversation 13.09.17 80415
If You‘re Drinking Tap Water, You‘re Consuming Plastic Pollutants - PRI 05.09.17 80416
MIT researchers develop new way to clear pollutants from water - MIT News 10.05.17 80417
Water resources ‘a reason for cooperation, not conflict,’ Ban tells Security Council – UN News 22.11.16 80418
FOUR BILLION people face severe water scarcity, new research finds - Guardian 2/16 80419
New NASA data show how the world is running out of water - WP 6/15 80420
The Battle for Water - Project Syndicate 8/14 80421
Water Risk on the Rise - Project Syndicate 13.09.13 80422
Report: Water Scarcity Necessitates Near Vegetarian Diet - Common Dreams 8/12 80423
Blog Action Day Round-Up: What Are People Saying About Water? - 10/10 (archive) 80424
A special report on water: For want of a drink - Economist 5/10 80425
Two new reports on the Lower Jordan River released - Franz Alt 6/10 80426
Experts call for hike in global water price - Guardian 4/10 80427
Cochabamba, the Water Wars and Climate Change - Amy Goodman 4/10 80428
How the West poisoned Bangladesh - Independent 3/10 80429
The world’s first osmotic power prototype opens now - Franz Alt 11/09 80430
Water Use in the US Less in 2005 Than in 1975 - ENN 10/09 80431
Water Reform Urgently Needed in Asia to Feed Extra 1.5 Billion People By 2050, Says New Report - Sonnenseite 8/09 80432
Blue Covenant: Maude Barlow on the Global Movement for Water Justice - Democracy Now! 2/08 80434
Water becomes the new oil as world runs dry - Guardian 12/07 80433
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