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Heavy floods in DR Congo’s Kinshasa leave dozens dead, destroy homes | Climate News
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Heavy floods in DR Congo’s Kinshasa leave dozens dead, destroy homes | Climate News

The capital struggles as the Ndjili River overflows, leaving drivers stranded, and infrastructure collapses. Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding from a key...

Advanced filtration tackles water scarcity challenges
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Advanced filtration tackles water scarcity challenges

Municipal wastewater treatment plant with pilot plant for water reclamation (one scheme shown for actually two treatment train operated in parallel). Credit: Water...

Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears? | Water News
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Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears? | Water News

Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistan government has launched an ambitious agricultural project with the aim of boosting food security in the South Asian...

Cyprus to fund desalination plants at hotels to reduce impact of water shortages on tourism
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Cyprus to fund desalination plants at hotels to reduce impact of water shortages on tourism

A worker walks over the pipeline that transports seawater to filters at Europe’s largest desalination plant for drinking water located in Barcelona, Spain,...

Swallowed by the sea, Pakistan’s Indus delta now threatened by canals | Water News
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Swallowed by the sea, Pakistan’s Indus delta now threatened by canals | Water News

Thatta, Pakistan – On a sunny afternoon at Dando Jetty, a small fishing village in Pakistan’s sprawling Indus Delta, a boat is being...

Pinpointing weaknesses in hot water bottle design
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Pinpointing weaknesses in hot water bottle design

Credit: Applied Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.3390/app14114427 Research from the University of Liverpool has highlighted weaknesses in the structural design of hot water bottles....

‘Unexpected’ rate of sea level rise in 2024: NASA | Environment News
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‘Unexpected’ rate of sea level rise in 2024: NASA | Environment News

Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says. Sea levels rose faster...

California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s water | Water
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California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s water | Water

Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed. There were...

Cracking the code on gypsum and silica scaling in water desalination
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Cracking the code on gypsum and silica scaling in water desalination

Credit: Tiezheng Tong , Shinyun Park , Yiqun Yao Mineral scaling, a significant issue in membrane desalination, reduces water recovery rates and diminishes...