AI may use enough water to match needs of 1.3 billion people by 2030
Artificial intelligence (AI) may be powering and transforming our everyday lives, but is exacting a huge cost in terms to
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Author: IWR Team
Water stress, floods could hit South Asia hard despite below-normal monsoon
Communities across several countries including India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan could be hit with flash floods, landslides and even drought
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Human activities accelerating changes in global freshwater cycle
Human activities, through large-scale water and land-use, coupled with climate change, are significantly altering the global freshwater cycle at an
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Declining groundwater levels threatening water supply, socioeconomic well-being globally
Declining groundwater levels are threatening domestic water supplies in several countries including India, South Africa, Chile, France, Sweden and Mexico,
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Reservoir sedimentation threatens billions with growing water risk
More than half of all global reservoirs could become functionally inoperable by 2060 due to sedimentation, threatening water supplies to
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Govt launches Rs 200-crore programme to support startups in water sector
The Centre has launched a Rs 200-crore programme to support startups in the water sector with the aim of accelerating
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Central Asia’s melting glaciers may threaten future water security
Glaciers in Central Asia, a critical water source for millions of people living downstream in arid regions, experienced their most
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Tropical rivers facing sustained oxygen loss due to climate warming
Global rivers are undergoing widespread and sustained deoxygenation, or sustained oxygen loss, driven by climate warming, with tropical rivers, including
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Rivers worldwide emitting increasing amounts of greenhouse gases
Rivers, major sources of water worldwide, are under severe stress and getting transformed due to rising temperatures and anthropogenic land
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Contaminated industrial sites in India pose public health risk
Inadequate environmental regulations and assessments of contaminated industrial land in India are endangering human populations and wildlife ecosystems, a new
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