Tag: Water
Largest Lakes Losing Water
More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a new assessment published in Science. The key villains are not surprising: warming climate and unsustainable human consumption.
600 Million Lacks Safe Drinking Water; Africa Worst Hit
About 600 million children lack safely managed drinking water, of which ten countries are in Africa where 190 million children lack such...
UN 2023 Water Conference; Focus on Five Key Areas
The UN 2023 Water Conference, hailed as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to accelerate progress towards universal access to safe water and sanitation by 2030, takes place at UN Headquarters from March 22 to March 24.
Schools worldwide lack access to drinking water/basic sanitation facilities
Despite government's worldwide are investing in school health and nutrition, which has a positive effect on children’s academic outcomes, one-third of schools...
Wave Rippled Rocks in Mars; Lakes Might Have existed
NASA's Curiosity rover has come across wave-rippled rocks in Mars, which suggests lakes existed in the region.
When NASA’s...
If Nothing Done, Great Salt Lake to Disappear in 5 Years
The Great Salt Lake will disappear in as little as five years if nothing is done to immediately conserve water in Utah,...
Not Drinking Enough Water and Serious Health Risks
All of us know that drinking water is needed for a healthy body. In a new study, researchers give a few more...
World was Drier in 2021; WMO
Most of the world was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, according to...
Does Atlantic Air Alter India’s food and water supply
Winter rain and snow in Western Himalayas could vary by almost 50 per cent depending on the air pressure gradient over the...
SWOT For Better Understanding Of Water Bodies
Despite two thirds of the Earth's surface covered with water, the world only has a limited view of of the freshwater bodies....
