The world's 10 most populous river basins will be vital for economic growth – but only if water shortage threat is tackled
Child Mortality Rates by Risk Factor
Graph showing the causes of child deaths in several regions with poverty.
Graph showing the causes of child deaths in several regions with poverty.
People without Adequate Access to Food, Water and Energy from 1990 to 2030.
Mark Tran
Africa heads for 'hydrological suicide' as land deals hand water resources to foreign firms, threatening environmental disaster
Damian Carrington
The world's 10 most populous river basins will be vital for economic growth – but only if water shortage threat is tackled
Matt McGrath
Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater.
They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface.
John Vidal
By 2050 there will be another 2.5 billion people on the planet. How to feed them? Science's answer: a diet of algae, insects and meat grown in a lab
Geoffrey Kamadi
NAIROBI, Kenya (AlertNet) – Satellite technology is coming to the aid of pastoralists in drought-stricken Kenya, with the expansion of a water monitoring system that aims to reduce livestock loss.
Katherine Tweed
We're nearly 20 years into celebrating World Water Day, and the issues have only grown more complex -- and in many locales, more serious.
Megan Rowling
Water must be used more efficiently to meet rising food demand from a growing population amid climate-change pressures, experts say.
Washington Post
Karen DeYoung
Fresh-water shortages and more droughts and floods will increase the likelihood that water will be used as a weapon between states or to further terrorist aims in key strategic areas, including the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa, a U.S.