Like other environmental sectors, water bodies are facing ecological challenges such as pollution, climate change, unsustainable freshwater management, and habitat degradation. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published an assessment of the...

The Sahara, the largest desert on the planet, is about the same area as the continental United States and stretches across several countries, including Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, and...

Groundwater accounts for 99 percent of all liquid freshwater on Earth. However, this natural resource is often poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even abused. According to the latest edition of...

Indonesia's president elect announced plans this week to move the country's capital away from Jakarta, reportedly the fastest sinking city in the world.A 2018 report said that Jakarta, located on the island...

A total of 250 abandoned mining waste sites in the Republic of Serbia were monitored as  part of the project Cadastre of Mining Waste of the Republic of Serbia, carried out by...

In 1987, the World Commission on the Environment and Development defined sustainability as a process of meeting the present needs without compromising future generations and their needs. This definition can be expounded...

In the decades to come, a new study indicates that humans might seriously deplete groundwater resources throughout much of the world, including parts of India, southern Europe, and the US. And when...

With a population of over 15 million people, Dhaka - the capital of Bangladesh - is considered a mega-city and shares many of the water management problems common to other major cities. While...