The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $860,000 to help 14 communities expand their use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to the impacts of climate change. The […]
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By reviving a traditional watershed technology known as a johad, or check dam, in the Alwar region of Rajasthan, local people have restored the ecological balance of the region. This form of decentralized […]
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The Biodiversity Partnership of British American Tobacco has developed a tool to help organisations to analyse biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) and create plans to mitigate risks and take advantage of opportunities. The rationale is […]
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In some of this planet’s driest regions, where rainfall is rare or even nonexistent, a few specialized plants and insects have devised ingenious strategies to provide themselves with the water necessary for life: […]
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In 1987, the remote fishing village of Chungungo in Chile was transformed by the installation of a fog collecting system, after relying solely on water supplied by truck for years. With a dependable […]
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April 22 is Earth Day, but the US is celebrating all month, sharing a new tip each day to help you act on climate change. Help us get the message out Please help […]
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The reduction in summer storms in the western Mediterranean could be partly caused by land use change on coasts and mountain slopes, a new study reports. This lack of storms causes water vapour […]
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The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meeting in Yokohama, has released the second part of its latest report on climate change. Even now, on the BBC, we had the voice […]
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Only 24% of Americans say they worry about climate change a great deal. This puts climate change, along with the quality of the environment, near the bottom of a list of 15 issues […]
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Increases in global energy requirements could lead to a rise in the energy sector’s water footprint of up to 66% in the next 20 years, new research suggests. As part of a sustainable […]
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