A drier and warmer start to spring has led to “unusual” wildfires in the UK, and a risk of drought across north western Europe, the continent’s climate service has warned. Most of the region which also encompasses the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany has been put “watch” or “warning” for drought – with some areas being placed on “alert” – by the EU’s climate monitoring service Copernicus, which […]
Manhat, a UAE start-up dedicated to sustainable water and floating farm solutions, has been honoured at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, receiving the Best Practices Award. It is one of 25 start-ups from around the world to win the award celebrating endeavours tackling global challenges. The water-technology start-up’s story is being showed in the best practices area of the global exhibition, […]
A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world. The new study, published in Water Resources Research, introduces GRIT — a mapping system that […]
With climate change displacing more people within the countries they live, here’s what experts say is needed to support them. Cyclones, floods and other disasters forced people from their homes 45.8 million times last year, official figures show, nearly double the annual average over the past decade. Virtually all of these internal “disaster displacements” were […]
Globally, soils store more than twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. Therefore, carbon uptake and release by soils constitutes a strong regulator of atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). In the context of the ongoing anthropogenic climate change it is thus important to better understand the sensitivity of soil carbon, which […]
The European Commission plans to support large scale efforts to clean up forever chemicals as part of its upcoming water resilience strategy, acknowledging the widespread threat of water pollution and the need for technological innovation to address it. The European Commission is preparing to support a major clean-up initiative targeting water pollution by so-called “forever […]
A bold vision to connect ancient agriculture with cutting-edge blockchain technology has been unveiled in the Middle East. At an invite only event held at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Global Olive Corporation (GOC) revealed its plan to tokenize 100 million olive trees worldwide, starting with a million already planted across Georgia. “This is the […]
US President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at kick-starting commercial deep-sea mining has sparked debate in environmental circles on what is the most appropriate next step. He is keen to search for metals used in renewable energy, batteries and computer microchips such as copper, cobalt, manganese and nickel. The mining could take place at depths of thousands of metres. The area most […]
A growing atmospheric phenomenon is complicating Europe’s path towards climate and energy security targets, scientists have warned. Mineral dust carried on the wind from the Sahara could hamper Europe’s reliance on solar energy, the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU25) heard. In their presentation at EGU25, Dr Gyorgy Varga and collaborators from Hungarian and European institutions said dust-laden skies disrupt […]
With its endless sunshine and sizzling temperatures, the UAE is the perfect place at which to kickback and enjoy an afternoon by the pool. But a new study suggests that the desire to take a dip consumes significant amounts of water, with more than a billion litres probably evaporating each year from the country’s pools. While the […]
