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US says Mexico agrees to water treaty obligations
New York (AFP) Dec 13, 2025 The United States and Mexico reached an agreement on water-sharing on Friday, after President Donald Trump threatened new sanctions. Trump said Mexico owed 800,000 acre-feet of water to the US and demanded it release a quarter of this amount by December 31 or be hit with a new five percent tariff. The Republican leader accused Mexico of violating a 1944 treaty under which the US shares water from the Colorado River in exchange for flows from the Rio Grande, which forms part of the border between ... read more |
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Ozone catalysts mapped for safer water disinfectionPittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 University of Pittsburgh researchers and collaborators have identified how to design catalysts that generate ozone on demand as a potential alternative to chlorine-based disinfection in hospitals an ... more 
Hydrogen plasma method cuts most CO2 from deep sea metal extractionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials report that deep sea manganese nodules could supply large volumes of copper, nickel and cobalt for the energy transition if mining a ... more 
Mexico president confident of deal with US on water disputeMexico City (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday she was confident of reaching an agreement with US President Donald Trump in a water-sharing dispute, after he threatened new sanctions. ... more 
Wave kills four in Spain's TenerifeMadrid (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 Four people died in Tenerife over the weekend and one remained missing after a wave swept away bathers on the Spanish tourist island hotspot, according to the authorities. ... more |
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Japan oysters dying 'en masse', likely due to warmer sea: officialsTokyo (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Oysters in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country's top production area, likely due to warmer sea temperatures, officials said Monday. ... more 
Iran halts power generation at key dam over droughtTehran (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 Iranian authorities on Saturday stopped electricity production at one of the country's biggest dams due to a marked decrease in the reservoir's water levels, state media reported. ... more 
UK Scout climate mission HydroGNSS begins water cycle mapping from orbitLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 The UK has placed the twin HydroGNSS satellites into orbit to measure how water moves through the Earth system using signals from existing navigation satellites. The mission was launched on 28 Novem ... more 
Greece puts capital Athens on water emergency footingAthens (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 Greece has put the greater Athens area and two islands on a water emergency footing, to speed up infrastructure works and address the mounting threat of chronic drought. ... more
Human washing machine goes on sale in JapanTokyo (AFP) Nov 28, 2025 After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday. ... more |
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Ocean regions show simultaneous changes in temperature salinity oxygen and acidity
Tokyo Japan (SPX) Nov 26 2025 An international team has documented significant compound changes across much of the global ocean's upper one thousand meters. The study in Nature Climate Change developed a framework to identify locations and time periods when the ocean exhibits concurrent shifts in temperature salinity oxygen and acidity. Lead author Dr Zhetao Tan reported that 30 to 40 percent of upper ocean layers already show clear changes in at least two of these properties compared to sixty years ago. Some ocean regions dis ... read more 
Rivers of salt: life on Bangladesh's climate frontlineKhulna, Bangladesh (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 On Bangladesh's coast, where mighty Himalayan rivers meet the sea, water defines every rhythm of life, and every struggle. ... more |
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Teen saving India's ponds says everyone can be a leader Geneva (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 Dev Karan recalls the first time he saw a purple pond, "filled with dyes and chemicals, and choked with plastic". ... more 
Iran president says capital move needed due to overcrowding, water crisisTehran Nov 20, 2025 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that the country's capital should be relocated away from Tehran because of overcrowding and a deepening water crisis. ... more 
Pacific islands rue lost chance to host COP climate summitSydney (AFP) Nov 20, 2025 Pacific islanders decried on Thursday a wasted chance to draw eyes to their climate troubles, after their bid to co-host next year's COP climate summit was brushed aside. ... more 
Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds up harvesting of water from airCambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 19, 2025 The system can be paired with any atmospheric water harvesting material to shake out drinking water in minutes instead of hours. MIT engineers design an ultrasonic system to "shake" water out ... more
Education for girls hit hard by India's drying wellsNandurbar, India (AFP) Nov 18, 2025 Each morning, 17-year-old Ramati Mangla sets off barefoot with a steel pot in hand, walking several kilometres to fetch water from a distant spring in India's Maharashtra state. ... more |
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