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Trump threatens Mexico with fresh tariffs over water dispute
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
"I have authorized documentation to impose a 5% Tariff on Mexico if this water isn't released, IMMEDIATELY," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, saying cr...
Mexico president confident of deal with US on water dispute
Dec 09, 2025 (AFP)
"I am convinced that, as has happened other times, we are going to reach an agreement that benefits the United States and Mexico," Sheinbaum told a news confere...
Wave kills four in Spain's Tenerife
Dec 08, 2025 (AFP)
Two of the victims were Romanian and two were Slovaks, their respective governments said. Two men and a woman died on Sunday after visiting a section of coastli...
Hydrogen plasma method cuts most CO2 from deep sea metal extraction
Dec 05, 2025 (SPX)
They note that global demand by 2050 could reach about 60 million tonnes of copper for motors and grids, plus up to 10 million tonnes of nickel and 1.4 million ...
Sea-floor animals decrease nearly 40% in deep-sea mining zone: study
Dec 05, 2025 (AFP)
The five-year research is believed to be the most extensive yet on the possible consequences of modern commercial deep-sea mining machines on oceans already thr...
Ozone catalysts mapped for safer water disinfection
Dec 05, 2025 (SPX)
Chlorine is widely used to disinfect surfaces and municipal drinking water, but it is hazardous to transport and store and can form carcinogenic byproducts, lim...
Study says African penguins starved en masse off South Africa
Dec 05, 2025 (AFP)
Fewer than 10,000 breeding pairs of the small, black and white African Penguin are left globally, according to scientists, and the species was listed as critica...
Norway postpones deep-sea mining activities for four years
Dec 03, 2025 (AFP)
The country was the first in Europe aiming to commence the practice in its waters, but following thorny negotiations, Norway's minority Labour government clinch...
Flood-hit Asia regions saw highest November rains since 2012: AFP analysis
Dec 02, 2025 (AFP)
Large areas of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar, as well as parts of Cambodia and Laos, recorded rainfall totals not seen in...
Reservoirs half as full as last year in drought-hit Tehran
Dec 02, 2025 (AFP)
"The total volume of dam reservoirs in Tehran province is currently 170 million cubic metres," said Rama Habibi, an official with the Tehran Regional Water Comp...
Japan oysters dying 'en masse', likely due to warmer sea: officials
Dec 01, 2025 (AFP)
In some coastal areas surrounding the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan -- an area that accounts for more than three quarters of Japan's farmed oyster production...
Iran halts power generation at key dam over drought
Nov 29, 2025 (AFP)
"Due to the drop in the Karkheh Dam reservoir level, its power plant's units were removed from the production circuit," Amir Mahmoudi, the head of the dam and i...
Greece puts capital Athens on water emergency footing
Nov 29, 2025 (AFP)
The environment ministry late Friday announced the move, which also covers the Aegean islands of Patmos and Leros, as the capital city's water reserves have bee...
Human washing machine goes on sale in Japan
Nov 28, 2025 (AFP)
Users lie down in the pod, close the lid and get cleaned like clothes in a washing machine -- but without the spin -- while music plays. A prototype of the devi...
UK Scout climate mission HydroGNSS begins water cycle mapping from orbit
Nov 28, 2025 (SPX)
HydroGNSS will provide data on soil moisture, surface water extent, freeze or thaw state of land, and vegetation cover, all of which are key indicators in the g...
Rivers of salt: life on Bangladesh's climate frontline
Nov 24, 2025 (AFP)
Rising seas driven by climate change are swallowing low-lying areas, while stronger storms push saltwater further inland, turning wells and lakes brackish, acco...
Teen saving India's ponds says everyone can be a leader
Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)
"It was heart-wrenching," the 17-year-old from Haryana state in northern India told AFP in an interview. That sight during a school trip two years ago made him ...
Pacific islands rue lost chance to host COP climate summit
Nov 20, 2025 (AFP)
Australia had sought to co-host the UN's top climate conference alongside South Pacific neighbours gravely threatened by rising oceans, parching droughts and ac...
Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds up harvesting of water from air
Nov 19, 2025 (SPX)
MIT engineers design an ultrasonic system to "shake" water out of an atmospheric water harvester. The design (two prototypes shown in photo) can recover capture...
Iran president says capital move needed due to overcrowding, water crisis
Nov 19, 2025 (SPX)
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