Water


Ocean waves produce two to three times the world’s total energy needs

How to harness the waves: from halting tsunamis to clean energy

ByBryony CottamJun 17, 2025
Scientists have discovered a way to tap into the ocean’s vast, untouched energy reserves – but should they?
A NOAA satellite image of Atlantic storms

The troubled waters of NOAA

ByBryony CottamApr 24, 2025
NOAA firings and funding cuts threaten global weather forecasting, and will likely hit vulnerable nations hardest
A man goes down white water rapids in a canoe

The must-buy water sports gifts this Christmas

Discover our top gifts for the water sports enthusiast in your life – from floating sunglasses to beach parkas and kayak
Brown trout

Huge collapse in migratory fish populations

ByStuart ButlerJun 7, 2024
A new study has revealed a staggering 81 per cent collapse in worldwide migratory fish populations in the 50 years since 1970.
What are the most environmentally friendly water bottles?

What are the most environmentally friendly water bottles?

ByStuart ButlerMay 24, 2024
Millions of plastic bottles are thrown away every day with huge environmental consequences, but how do we break our bottle obsession?
Hammans shut down in drought-stricken Morocco

Hammans shut down in drought-stricken Morocco

ByStuart ButlerApr 14, 2024
Morocco is in the grip of an unprecedented drought and to save water the government has taken the controversial step of closing hammams.
Worries over raw sewage overshadows boat race

Worries over raw sewage overshadows boat race

ByStuart ButlerMar 31, 2024
Fears for competitors in Oxford-Cambridge boat race due to raw sewage leading to dangerous levels of E.Coli in the River Thames.
Extraction of Earth’s natural resources could soar by 60 per cent

Extraction of Earth’s natural resources could soar by 60 per cent

ByStuart ButlerMar 6, 2024
New report warns that by 2060 extraction of the Earth’s natural resources will soar by 60 per cent putting climate change goals at risk.
Austrian ecologist Birgit Sattler studies microbial communities in the ice

Review: Waterworlds by Birgit Sattler

ByJules StewartOct 21, 2023
From glaciers in Alaska to Lake Titicaca, Waterworlds tells the illuminating experiences of 12 people - or 'waterkeepers' - fighting to defend our blue planet
Breakthrough solar-powered desalination plant

Breakthrough solar-powered desalination plant

ByStuart ButlerOct 20, 2023
Engineers announce a cheap, energy-efficient desalination plant
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms in our rivers and waterways and produces toxic chemicals harmful to aquatic life

Britain’s water crisis

ByMark RoweJul 12, 2023
Each year, billions of tonnes of raw sewage are pumped into England's rivers and coastal waters. But it is not only the water companies who are to blame
The logo of Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known commonly as Thames Water, is seen on the front of their Reading headquarters.

Thames Water fined £3.33m after sewage leak near Gatwick

ByVictoria HeathJul 5, 2023
Raw sewage pumped in rivers near Gatwick for around six hours, killing more than 1400 fish in ‘reckless failure’ by Thames Water
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