People & Power investigates how Israel further weaponises water in Gaza since the war started and why it is a war crime.
Residents say construction of six new canals over Indus River will turn more lands barren and prone to be lost to sea.
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Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says.
The battle for California’s water pitted ranchers against water barons and still echoes today.
Protests are taking place in Bangladesh over a water-sharing dispute with India.
From 2020-2024, fish production dropped 20% in the world’s longest freshwater lake serving Tanzania and its neighbours.
Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.
The LA wildfires continue to burn, with Santa Ana winds set to intensify and other challenges hampering rescue efforts.
A Coca-Cola plant pumps millions of litres of water in San Cristóbal de las Casas. But locals say their faucets run dry.
Southern right whales are thriving again. Now they face an even bigger threat – the Anthropocene era.
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The extreme conditions are leaving millions without food or clean water.
![A child sits on the street in the Katapokori village, northwest Kenya on October 16, 2024. Katapokori is one of the villages most affected by the severe drought in Kenya, that is generating food insecurity and difficult access to water. Many people are forced to drink water that they fetch from the underground, which is not clean and often causes infections or diseases. [Alessio Paduano/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KenyaDrought_AlessioPaduano_43A7595-1734188512.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The country’s historically disadvantaged north is set to decide the tight race for the first time.
Why have Atlantic salmon populations dropped so dramatically in British rivers, and is fish farming to blame?
More than 27 million lives affected by worst drought in a century, with 21 million children malnourished, says WFP.
