Cyprus is entering 2026 amid a severe water shortage, with dam levels hovering around 12 per cent of capacity and winter rainfall providing only limited relief.Officials have already warned that ...

Most interpret that agreement to mean that no flows should enter the U.S. via the Tijuana River that have not been generated by rainfall. To meet this obligation, Mexico operates a large river ...

Across much of Africa, water policy over recent decades has followed a familiar and seemingly rational path: build large dams, drill deeper wells, transfer water across basins, and increasingly rely ...

Scientists warn that as desalination increases, damage to coastal ecosystems — many already under pressure — could intensify.

Cyprus suffered its worst drought in 2025 since 1901. The seriousness of the situation came to a head during the ...

As climate change makes rains more temperamental, and groundwater levels decline, the global water desalination industry is set for a boom period. Between 2025 and 2029, global desalination capacity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have experienced water shortages recently. And in ...

"When we start messing with these very critical and unfortunately sparse coastal lagoons and wetlands, it can have tremendous impacts..." ...

Half of all people on earth experience severe water scarcity at least one month out of the year, according to the UN. A radical new kind of desalination technology is finally on the cusp of helping to ...

Your correspondent moderated a panel discussion with global experts in desalination, international development, and water economics at the ceremony announcing the teams that had qualified for the ...

Californians could be drinking water tapped from the Pacific Ocean off Malibu several years from now — that is, if a company's new desalination technology proves viable. OceanWell Co. plans to anchor ...

Deep sea pressure reverse osmosis at 400 to 600 meters drives membrane filtration, cutting energy use more than 50 percent and giving coastal cities safer drinking water.