An investigation identifies 249 assessed Amazon communities and another 702 at risk from mercury linked to illegal mining. Scientists brought the report to Pope Leo XIV as experts and lawmakers called for health surveillance, source control and Amazon-wide coordination.
The lake’s surface fell from 34.4 square kilometers in 2016 to 2.7 after a decade of lower rainfall, greater evaporation and irrigation withdrawals. The decline combines climate change and water management and persists despite a 2013 EU court ruling.
Seawater is projected to supply 67.6 per cent of copper mining water use by 2034. Chile’s new Desalination Law creates concessions and planning, but still lacks specific limits for brine, organism intake, cumulative impacts and energy performance.
Palangkaraya recorded an AQI of 780 and Pontianak 593 in point-in-time IQAir readings on August 31. More than five million people were exposed to haze across Borneo and Sumatra as Indonesia strengthens firefighting, water management and restoration with Japanese support.
The programme combines binational and state resources with funding from NADBank, CESPT and a green bond. It includes 16 Mexican projects, recovery of San Antonio de los Buenos and doubled capacity at the US international plant, all of which must function as one system.
Budapest’s Ínség-szikla emerged again after months of low rainfall and heat. IIASA modelling ranks July 2026 as the most extreme low-flow episode since 1990, affecting water supply, farming, energy, navigation and ecosystems.
PROMMRA's central scenario places operational filling around 15 December, with a conditional window from 24 November to 13 February. The signal rests on a large snow reserve but depends on actual melt, water deliveries and basin operations.
World Weather Attribution estimated that human-caused warming added about 2°C to Mediterranean extremes and greatly enlarged the affected area. The rapid analysis warns of impacts on species, fisheries, coastal health and heavy rain, while remaining subject to later scientific review.
The first phase is designed for 2,200 litres per second and potable water for nearly one million people in Playas de Rosarito and Tijuana. It diversifies supply away from the Colorado River, but costs, power use, seawater intake and brine discharge must be transparent.
Sea-surface temperature averaged 20.96°C, delivering a second consecutive monthly record, Copernicus says. The tropical Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean concentrated anomalies, while July tied the second-highest global temperature at 1.47°C above pre-industrial levels.
An injunction requires the São Paulo municipality and Samae to stop discharges immediately, correct operational failures and submit a comprehensive plan within 60 days. Effluent and waterway tests must be published monthly until at least 3 August 2027.
Scripps researchers identified sediments near pH 12 and brucite around barrel-like objects between Palos Verdes and Santa Catalina. The finding confirms persistent alkaline chemical contamination, while its ecological scale and any food-chain risk still require investigation.