Water

A large capacity water battery in Switzerland will help stabilise European energy grids.

Switzerland spent 14 years and €2 billion on this 'water battery'

The archaeological site of Kemune in the dried-up area of the Mosul reservoir.

Extreme drought in Iraq reveals 3,400-year-old city

Commercial farmers in the Limpopo Basin

Ukraine war has devastating consequences for water, peace and security

Australian scientists have discovered the world's largest plant

World’s largest plant: 180km long seagrass discovered in Australia

Investing in water is both essential and economically-sound.

Water is key to our economic future so why aren’t we investing in it?

Urine spread on crops yielded good results according to the chamber of agriculture in France.

Could human urine replace chemical fertilisers?

01/05/2022

Swimmers take to Kinder Reservoir to call for greater access to inland water

Why did hundreds of swimmers dip in this historic reservoir?

30/04/2022

Luiz Bispo, who is living at Pavuna River which flows to Guanabara Bay, stands near his floating house what he says is an artistic installation developed by him.

Greta Thunberg gets invite onto floating home made from rubbish

29/03/2022

Tombstones in a grass field

Bodies of COVID victims could be polluting water, scientists say

17/02/2022

Parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, are photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir.

Dry winter drains reservoirs and ruins crops across Spain and Portugal

14/02/2022

People venture into the sea as they enjoy themselves during a hot day on Brighton Beach.

Sewage pollution is making UK beaches and rivers 'unswimmable'

25/11/2021

A picture taken on December 14, 2009 shows Brussels river Senne, the main waterway of the Belgium capital, containing untreated sewage at the Treatment Plant.

River Senne: Brussels cleans up hidden river to 'bring back nature'

06/10/2021

Festival goers arrive for the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, England.

The surprising reason you shouldn’t do drugs at Glastonbury Festival

28/09/2021

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How protecting water can avert future global health crises

23/08/2021

Blue dye from garment factories in Maseru, Lesotho is released into a river.

Why are rivers turning blue in Africa?

19/08/2021

It may not come as a surprise but scientists have crunched the numbers to find out the true environmental cost of bottled water.

Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water

05/08/2021

Environmental activists in Bosnia are warning that tons of garbage floating down the Balkan country's rivers are endangering the local ecosystem and people's health.

Is hydropower really the solution to Europe’s clean energy problem?

15/04/2021

Activists next to the Vjosa river

Could hydropower dams destroy Europe's last wild river?

22/03/2021

Volunteers pull a metal object out of the water in Stockholm found by diver, Frederik Johasson.

Meet the volunteers removing toxic trash from Stockholm's waters

11/03/2021

Video calls use more energy and so have a larger carbon , land and water footprint.

Turning off your camera in video calls could help cut carbon emissions

18/01/2021

Yorkshire Water's leakage manager, Simon Redfern with CAPE dogs, Denzel and Kilo

How dogs are using their special powers to help us save water

16/11/2020

The Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Michigan

Michigan agrees to pay $600m to victims of the Flint water crisis

21/08/2020