World
Shepherd Ibrahim Koc recalls his youth with fondness as he grazes cattle on a barren field that was once lush with vegetation on the...
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World
Ongoing droughts and an over-exploitation of land for both agriculture and industry have stoked fears in Spain over the creeping spread of “sterile soil”...
Business
Beneath a bone-dry Nevada lakebed, close to the dusty desert where the Burning Man festival is held each year, an ambitious water project is...
World
Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating...
Business
Gazing out at San Francisco harbor from her wooden fishing boat, Sarah Bates looks glum. In happier times, she would head out to sea...
Tech & Science
In the middle of the US. crops are stressed by the drought. rivers are running low, and cities and towns are anxiously hoping for...
Business
The public fountains in Volvic, the home of one of the world’s most famous mineral waters, have been turned off. Just down the road...
Business
Across the northern hemisphere, the start of summer has been marked by extreme weather conditions.
World
Millions of people across parts of southern Britain will be banned from using garden hoses as a hot spell sparks record demand for drinking...
World
With Soviet-era water infrastructure and few resources, the Bishkek authorities have struggled to keep the water running.